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November Newsletter
In-House Bareroot Price List
California Natives
Garden Art
Fountains
Gardening Aids
Special Sales
Let us know if you have any suggestions for our newsletter!
Blueberries add color to your fall garden and goodness on your table!
Our newest blueberry for this season is "Pink Lemonade". The berries are a shocking shade of pink!
Blueberries make excellent container plants. Here, once again, is the Dave Wilson recommended planting mix:
1/3 1/4" pathway bark
1/3 peat moss
1/3 azalea mix and a handful of sulfur per plant.
Fertilize with an acid based fertilizer once a month during the growing season. Never used nitrogen in the nitrate form and do not allow your plants to totally dry out
Our bareroot website is
http://www.baylaurelnursery.com/
Did you freeze your delicious home-made pesto sauce? If not, it is available in the super market. Here's a tasty way to serve it:
Cook one spaghetti squash in the microwave. Pierce it all around. For a small squash, about 1 pound, bake on high for about 3 1/2 minutes, then turn and bake 4 minutes more. Double the time for a larger squash, 2 or 3 lbs. Cut open, discard seeds and use a fork to shred it into "spaghetti". For the sauce, cut up four thin slices of prosciutto and pan fry. Add pesto sauce; if it's too thick thin with water, or oil, or white wine. Toss with squash and enjoy!
 
We still have lots of those bargain 5" terra cotta pots for only 25 cents. You can use them for all sorts of craft projects or as a seed starting project for kids. You can find many ideas on the internet.
English primroses are the best for winter blooming shade. Cyclamen also do well in shade but they need some protection from the hard frost.
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In our enthusiasm to add new exotic and delicious varieties to our home orchard, we dast not forget the necessity for pruning! We are very happy that the small but incredibly educational book "How to Prune Fruit Trees" is back in circulation after a two year absence. We have lots of copies on hand for $8.99. In this publication you will find basic information on pruning grapes and berries as well as fruit trees. You can also browse the internet videos for some interesting looks at pruning.
Roses also require major pruning in December or January. You ca
If you find the pruning a bit daunting, you can always call in an expert. Peter Kinkade has been pruning North County fruit trees for several decades. You can reach him at 238-5550.
Roses also require major pruning in December or January. You can find information on rose pruning in the Western Garden Book although there are no diagrams and many rose books have instructions with illustratons. In all cases, one should strive to open the shrub or tree for good air circulation and sun light, always pruning on an angle to the outside bud. Be sure to rake up all the old leaves around any tree or shrub after pruning as insect eggs or disease spores may remain.
A few holiday gift suggestions:
Farmer ant with disc cultivator
A gift for owners of the ferocious cat!
Is there anyone who deserves both the sun and the moon?
Womens' Wear Gloves
and boots from Sloggers are decidely practical.
And then, there's the Gift Certficate!
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Check out our living Christmas trees - come early for the best selection. We have many sizes starting with a one gallon Colorado Blue Spruce to those 6 feet tall. Be sure to keep the tree inside for no more than 2 weeks; then plant in your yard or coddle for the next season. Also here for the holidays are popular wreaths and garland.
December is a good time to start your garden clean-up. Insect eggs and fungus spores are apt to hang out in the old leaves. As soon as peach and nectarine leaves drop you can spray for peach leaf curl. We recommend "Liqui-cop". Try to spray at least twice during the dormant season; the most important spray is close to bud break.
Our bareroot roses will be arriving shortly. One of the new hybrid tea roses is "Rock & Roll". The plant is full and upright with a lot of fragrance.
A new floribunda is "Pumpkin Patch" with large clusters of light, muted orange blossoms.
We also carry lots of the old time, true and tested roses.
Our list of
bareroot roses is available in the store and also online.
Spring flowering bulbs are still available. Here's the short list for the deer resistant ones: Amaryllis belladonna (Naked Lady), Daffodils and Narcissus, Dutch and German Iris, Leucojum, and Muscari (Grape Hyacith).
Leucojum
If you haven't planted Leucojum,
common name of "Summer Snowflakes" give them a try. The plants are about 16" tall with many white bells tipped in green. They can grow in sun as well as some shade.
 ON SALE!
Paper white narcissus are now only 79 cents each or 12 for $7.99. Regular price was 99 cents and 6 for $5.99
A great way to bring a touch of spring indoors during the winter; they also make great gifts. Just plant the bulbs in pebbles, add water and watch them take off. We have little cheat sheets to tell you how to prevent them from becoming too tall and gangly.
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