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september 2013

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In This Issue A Guide To Citrus A Guide To Citrus 1 BY walter andersen, jr. A Fine Vine Time 1 Spoiler Alert: New Bulbs 1 If you have room to plant citrus trees, but are September Garden Tasks 2 overwhelmed by all the varieties, here’s my Words From Walter: Begonias 4 cheat sheet. Citrus in my yard includes: Cara Cara Navel, Meyer Lemon that produces like Old Ben: Nutmeg Mannikin 4 crazy, and two years ago, I planted a Satsuma Poway Rose Show 4 Mandarin and also a Tango Mandarin. Boozing With Your Bulbs 5 Specials & Garden Classes 5

Oranges These ripen from summer to late summer. The Cara Cara Pink Navel: Very similar to, fruit is very juicy, there are some seeds, eat fresh Discover Us! if not identical in flavor to the Washington or juice. More difficult to peel than Navel. The Navel but the fruit has a pinkish cast, giving newer Midnight Valencia is a seedless variety. www.walterandersen.com it a much richer color. Sweet and flavorful, facebook.com/walterandersens good producer. Lemons Lane Late Navel: The main crop of twitter.com/walterandersens Eureka: This variety produces lots of larger this Navel tends to ripen a little later than lemons almost year-round when mature. Our Online Store Washington. This variety has a heavier crop later When the tree is young, it may not produce than Washington, into late spring and summer. Watch Videos as many fruit as Meyer. The tree grows larger Washington Navel: It is the most than Meyer and more upright. popular Orange in our area. The fruit is large Meyer: Sometimes sold as Improved Meyer, Spoiler Alert: Here’s The and seedless, fairly easy to peel, juicy and sweet. it is the only Meyer available. The fruit is Dirt On Some New Bulbs Most ripen in cooler winter months, but there rounder, with thinner skin. Tangy aroma, can be ripe fruit nearly all year. May soon be less acid than Eureka. Very juicy and less tart. BY david ross replaced by Cara Cara as most popular. This variety starts bearing at a very early age. Moro Blood Orange: Blood oranges It is the most popular lemon we sell. The tree with a deep reddish flesh, very sweet. The is a natural dwarf, making a 4’-6’ mound; rind may have some variable amounts of red standard tree is larger. showing. Flavor is excellent with raspberry Pink Lemonade: This is a sport of Eureka. overtones. The foliage is green and white and the fruit also Valencia: This is considered the orange to has some stripes. Flesh is light pink, with good juice. It is the second most popular orange. flavor. Handsome landscape tree. continued p2 It’s A Fine Vine Time With These Finds BY Melanie potter Every now and then, David Ross and I disagree on some things; one Last year, we tested some new bulbs and of them is snail vines, or Vigna caracalla. He loathes them and I’m a customers liked what they saw, so this fan of their unique flower and strong, sweet fragrance. year we will offer those, in addition to I’m not alone with this preference as we’ve been selling a lot this many of the old favorites. summer. At least one customer asked if the vine is a member of Our bulb supplier has some advice for the pea family because of its similar form and foliage. This tropical planting Amaryllis “These are not the American native is actually a member of the pole bean family. same as Lycoris squamigera, which is the Blooms are cream to pale purple and the flowers are complicated Naked Lady “Amaryllis” of the Midwest,” petals with a spiral in the center that gives the appearance of a snail. said Bill the Bulb Baron. “They can be This is a fast growing vine to 20’ that blooms spring and summer continued p3 continued p3 1 walter andersen nursery september 2013

Guide To Citrus cont. from p1 September Limes Garden Tasks Bearss: Sometimes sold as Tahiti but not often. The yellow skinned fruit is usually Water seedless and very juicy. It is the best selling lime in our nursery. Dependable and heavy Watch for Santa Ana winds and make producer. You can usually harvest fruit year-round. sure to get extra water on plants and lawns Satsuma Owari: Sweet delicate flavor, as needed, especially plants in containers. Mexican: Same as Key Lime of Florida. medium to larger fruit. Very easy to peel (the Small, green to yellow fruit: the standard FERTILIZE skin almost falls off). It is early ripening; from bartenders lime. Main harvest in fall and late fall to mid winter. Very juicy and usually For lawns, use Marathon Fertilizer for Tall winter, but you should have some fruit all no seeds. This is one of the earliest ripening year long, in most areas. We sell more of the Fescue or Scott’s Turf Builder. Use Scott’s Mandarins in the fall. You can harvest these thornless variety, however, the thorny variety in November even if the skin still shows some Turf Builder Plus 2 to feed and control produces more than the thornless type over a green as they are mature enough to be very broadleaf weeds. Feed ornamentals with longer season. flavorful. This is our best selling Mandarin. Gro-Power. Feed Vegetables with Gro- May bear heavily in alternate years. Sweet: Also sold as Palestine Sweet or Indian Power Tomato and Vegetable Food or Lime. Often used in middle eastern, Indian, Tango: Newer Tangerine from the University Dr. Earth Organic Tomato and Vegetable and Latin American cuisine. Ripens in fall and of California. Very attractive, easy to peel fruit. Food. Feed Citrus, Avocado, and Fruit winter. Presently, this is a special order item. It is one of the fastest growing new citrus crops Trees with Gro-Power Citrus and in California. Very popular and dependable Mandarin or Tangerines production. Most fruit will begin to color up in Avocado Food. Feed Palms and Tropicals March, but for best flavor, harvest March-June. Algerian: Sometimes sold as Clementine, with Gro-Power Palm Tree and Tropical The longer it hangs on the tree, the sweeter it medium sized fruit with a few seeds. Ripens Food. Last feeding for camellias, azaleas, will be, and fruit can hang on the tree until July. fall to late winter and ripe fruit can remain on This variety is usually a very heavy producing and roses for the year. See specials for the tree for many months. A good variety for tree. Seedless version of W. Murcott. savings on Gro-Power food. cooler areas (too cool for Dancy). Sweet and juicy. May have heavier crops if another variety osemite Gold: Plant Y Newer Mandarin from of Mandarin is close by for pollination. May the University of California. Large fruit has Sweet Peas, Winter Annuals like bear heavily in alternate years. an attractive smooth thin skin that is easy to peel. Flesh is seedless, bright orange, finely Calendulas, Stocks, Pansies, Violas, Dancy: This variety is a little smaller and textured and juicy. Flavor is rich and sweet. seedier than some others. Standard tangerine Mums, and Snapdragons. Plant winter It ripens from January to mid March. Fruit in markets before Christmas. Ripens late fall to vegetables. can hold on the tree until about April. It winter. Fruit holds well on the tree. May bear is growing in popularity for commercial LOOK FOR heavily in alternate years. plantings in California. Fall bulbs (Daffodils, Tulips, Hyacinths, Gold Nugget: This is a newer medium to Crocus, Saffron Crocus, Ranunculus large size fruit that is mostly seedless. Skin is light yellow-orange, often with a rough rind. Grapefruit and Freesia), Crape Myrtle, Arbutus, Easy to peel, rich sweet flavor, fruit holds on Cocktail: Very sweet, seedy fruit. It is a Bougainvillea, and Agapanthus. Be sure the tree well. It ripens February into July. A late cross between a Mandarin and a Grapefruit. to chill Tulips, Hyacinths, and spring bearer that is a nice compliment to Satsuma. This variety will produce good fruit in mild cooler areas. blooming Crocus before planting. Honey: This is a smaller fruit, with seeds. Flavor is rich and sweet. Fruit ripens in late Marsh: Sometimes sold as Marsh Seedless, winter to early spring, typically bears heavier this is the most commercially grown grapefruit in alternate years. in California. The fruit is whitish colored, great flavor if planted in warmer areas. Needs heat to Kishu Mini: Fruit ripens fall into winter. get the best flavor, do not plant in coastal areas. The fruit is small, very easy to peel. Sweet and mild flavor. May bear heavily in alternate Oro Blanco: A variety introduced by the years. A true ‘Cutie’; similar to Satsuma, but University of California. It is a Grapefruit- later and smaller. Pummelo hybrid with sweet, usually seedless flesh. Requires less heat than Marsh to produce Page: This is a hybrid between Algerian good flavored fruit. Very thick skin. (Clementine) and Minneola Tangelo. It Rio Red: A seedless variety with good rind produces many small, juicy, sweet fruits in blush and red flesh. Nearly as red as Star Ruby, autumn into winter months. Very few seeds but may be a little more dependable. and fantastic flavor! Excellent for juicing. continued p3 2 september 2013 walter andersen nursery

Guide To Citrus continued from p2 Spoiler Alert: Bulbs continued from p1 Star Ruby: Seedless variety with deep red colored flesh. One of the darkest grapefruit, grown wet or dry! When I first started with exceptional flavor. This is best in frost free selling these at farmers’ markets 20 areas but does not do well in colder areas. years ago I used to parrot the prevailing expert advice that they should be left Pummelo completely dry in the summer. They can handle summer drought very, very Chandler: This is the most widely grown;, well, but the happiest customers of all flavorful, moderately juicy. Usually seedless. The fruit is extra large, almost twice the size of Kumquat were those who completely ignored my regular grapefruit. Other varieties occasionally advice and put them right in the garden Meiwa: The tree produces small, round, amongst all the other plants. Put them available. All worth the extra effort to get to sweet, juicy fruit. It is usually less seedy the flavorful flesh. anywhere unless it is full shade or close that other varieties. Performs well in cooler to it,” Bill advises. summer areas, where other varieties might Tangelo not do so well. It is generally considered the If you want something different, best tasting Kumquat. Slower growing than here’s what to look for: Minneola: This is a hybrid of Dancy Nagami, limited availability. Tangerine and a white-fleshed Grapefruit. ‘Redshades’ The fruit is large and bright orange in color. Nagami: This is the main commercial Amaryllis belladonna Flavor is much like a Tangerine, with few variety. Oval fruit, slightly seedy. The quality of seeds. Ripens mid to late winter. Fruit can the fruit is better where it is warmer in summer New! Dark hot pink, a type of red with store on the tree for two months. months. The plant is thornless. a shade of blue. It’s closer to red than ever before! Miscellaneous Jumbo Amaryllis belladonna Calamondin: Calamondin, sometimes Jumbo bulb with fragrant pink flowers. called Golden Lime, produce heavy crops of fruit, resembling miniature oranges. The fruit Narcissus ‘Golden Dawn’ is easy to peel, quite juicy, sour, and acidic. Easily the heaviest producer of flowers Citrus Hystrix: Kaffir Lime or Keiffer of anything Bill the Bulb Baron grows, Lime is most often used for its aromatic this variety puts up an entire second foliage. It gives food a lemon flavor often used crop of stems as the first ones are fading. in Asian dishes. It probably will not set fruit. If Flowering begins in mid-February, it happens to, most folks don’t use it. continuing until about the first of April. Flowers are larger than other varieties, Fine Vine Time continued from p1 and of a rich yellow with light orange cups, in clusters of 5 - 8 on tall strong and produces long, thin seed pods. Bees love pincushion-like flowers that are gold colored the flowers and have to travel far into the flower smother the vine eventually turning orange stems. Each bulb produced multiple to collect the nectar. When leaving the flower, and sometimes red. spikes first year for me, earlier this year. they deposit pollen and the stigma and stamens It’s an evergreen vine that can grow supported Amarcrinium jumbos retract into the keel keeping other insects from to 12-20 feet tall and flowers from summer This hybrid cross between amaryllis eating the pollen or from damaging the stigma. through fall. The flowers, in opposite 4-6 inch This system helps the bees cross pollinate. long horizontally held clusters, lack petals but belladonna and crinum lilies brings Plant in full sun, in well draining soil, and have extremely long stamens that emerge from the best of both into the garden and to make sure the vine has something that will small tight buds into a flush of toothbrush-like large patio pots: stellar good looks, a offer support to grow on, like a fence, wall, flowers that resemble some Grevillea flowers. A sweet fruity and long lasting fragrance, or trellis. This vine doesn’t tolerate frost and succession of blooms occur so that the vine has outstanding resistance to rodent and in some zones, it will remain evergreen. If it is a multi-colored appearance after which four- deer predation, and the ability to exposed to and damaged by frost, you can cut winged red fruit are sometimes produced. thrive in the kind of heat that wilts it back after the fear of frost has gone. other flowers. This blooms throughout Plant in full to part sun with regular to summer! David hesitates because this vine can be occasional water. It is hardy and evergreen bothered by aphids, mites and whiteflies. If to 26 degrees. Versatile, it can be grown in these pests are found, control with Bayer Insect containers; or in the landscape, prune to Mite and Disease Control. maintain as a shrub. Flowers produce copious And now, for a completely different vine nectar and are frequented by hummingbirds, we’ll look at Combretum fruticosum, or other small birds, and insects. If you have poor Orange Flame Vine. The flowers on this vine soil, this vine could be for you as it tolerates are dramatic and attention grabbing. Huge soils that are acidic, slightly alkaline, sandy, loam, or clay. 3 walter andersen nursery september 2013

Save The Date! Fall Rose Show Words From Walter

BY walter andersen, jr.

Begonias For Fall Walter Andersen Nursery in Poway will Color host its Fourth Annual Fall Rose Show Bedding Begonias are difficult to beat for best in mostly shaded areas; they grow very well October 12-13. The show is free for color and have the added benefit of being as potted plants or tucked in amongst your exhibitors and attendees. Entries will be easy to grow. They bloom like crazy whether other shade plants. Some other varieties have taken October 26th from 8am-10:30am planted in containers, hanging baskets or in interesting foliage and bright colored blooms. with judging taking place from 11am- the ground. There are many varieties and have ‘Sparks Will Fly’ is covered with outstanding 1pm. Show hours are October 12th blooms of white, red and pink. Foliage is shiny, small orange blooms and the plant is covered in from 1pm-5pm and October 13th from and is either green or bronze colored. Bedding small blooms and fuzzy bronze foliage. It looks

9am-4pm. For details on entries, see Begonias come mostly in 6 packs or 4” pots. great in containers or hanging baskets.

the schedule at http://walterandersen. They can be planted in sunny areas near the Plant Begonias in a potting soil with lots of com/pdf/2013-fall-show.pdf. coast, inland afford them a little shade. The 0 peat moss in the mix. Sunshine Potting soil (in bronze colored leaves will tolerate more sun, the blue bag) would be an ideal mix. Begonias than the green ones. prefer moist soil; be sure to check the watering Other Begonias are grown for their interesting so they don’t dry out. Fertilize with Gro-Power and exotic foliage colors and shapes. These are Flower and Bloom, once a month. Old Ben’s Special! Sale Price Valid Meet The Nutmeg Mannikin September 1–31, 2013 BY old ben The Nutmeg Mannikin is also known as the $2.00 OFF Spice Finch or the All Small Packaged Spotted Munia, and is Sizes range a native of Asia. It was Bird Seed! first introduced into from 3 lbs to 10 lbs and include: the United States and Parakeet, Parrot, Cockatiel, Dove & established in Hawaii where it was imported Quail, Peanuts, Black Oil Sunflower, as part of the pet trade. You might see this bird Niger Seed, & Old Ben’s Classic. in local pet stores with other colorful finches. Beginning in the 1980s, small colonies were introduced into Australia during the 1930s. $3.99 to $19.99 found in Orange County. Today they can Regular $5.99 to $21.99 Its habitat includes grasslands, scrub brush, be found in San Diego, south east Texas, parks, orchards and urban areas. All specials limited to stock on hand. No special orders. Cannot be combined with Alabama, and southern Florida. any other discount or offer. The Nutmeg Mannikin feeds mostly on seeds The Nutmeg Mannikin is a small finch, 4” and Lantana berries. It can be found feeding body length, 7” wingspan. It is chestnut on the ground, at feeders or by hanging Old Ben’s Bird Class brown above and finely scaled with brown upside down on stems of plants. It is an active on its sides, flanks and breast. It has a heavy, bird and constantly flicks its wings and tail. It In Poway Only! stubby, dark bill, on a darker brown head. At is also a gregarious bird, often found in mixed the other end, it has a short, pointed tail, and Don’t miss Old Ben’s bird class, flocks near reedy areas with weedy growth. a yellow tinged rump. Its wings are rounded The males make whistling sounds and their on Sept. “What Seed for Which Birds” and the legs and feet are gray. Males and call sounds Like, “ki-bee”. 14, followed by a parking lot sale with females look alike. Juveniles have pale brown special prices on 25-lb bags of Nyjer upper parts and buff colored under parts. The nest is a large, domed, ball-like structure made of grass and found hanging from a tree seed & 20-lb bags of Old Ben’s Classic They don’t have the darker brown heads of adults, and their bills are gray. or bush. The female lays 4-10 eggs. Both the Wild Bird Seed. Quantities will be male and female build the nest and share in limited. Old Ben promises that these Colonies of these birds in the U.S. started incubation which lasts about 14 days. They will be the best price of the season! as escaped caged birds. The species was also both take care of the young. 4 september 2013 walter andersen nursery

Boozing With Your Bulbs BY melanie potter As bulb season is upon us, I was Start with any hard liquor such as vodka, September reviewing the different bulbs that tequila, or whiskey, or save that for drinking will arrive any time now, and how and use rubbing alcohol. Don’t use beer or In-Store Specials! to start them. It occurred to me wine because of the high sugar content. To Sale Prices Valid that bulbs sure seem to take some determine the percentage of alcohol your abuse as we force them, chill them, booze has, divide the proof in half. Eighty- September 1–30, 2013 and now we can booze them to six proof bourbon is 43% alcohol. To stunt their growth. convert your booze to the acceptable level Gro-Power Savings! We see it every year at the nursery of alcohol, divide the percentage alcohol by 20# Gro-Power when the Paperwhites get too tall 5 and then subtract 1. This will tell you how and their stalks flop over. That’s many parts water to mix with your 1 part Rose & Flower or why you’ll sometimes see them alcohol. For example if you have 80 proof Camellia & Azalea Food tied with string around their mid liquor divide by half to get 40 then divide that by 5 and you have 8. Subtract 1 to section to lend support. It turns Reg. $29.99 out you can keep the stems shorter and stunt reach 7. Mix 7 parts water to 1 part liquor $22.99 to get the desired dilution. their growth by boozing them, so let’s take a Fall Color Sale! look at that. If you need a refresher on how to grow Some folks at Cornell University, researchers in Paperwhites, here it is: Fill a container with 4” Color Bedding the Flowerbulb Research Program, discovered pebbles to within an inch of the rim. You can Plants that alcohol, whether it is the good stuff you use a glass bowl, clay pot, or even a tall vase, which will help support the paper white’s tall drink, or rubbing alcohol, will shorten the Reg. $2.99 stems of bulbs that grow tall and become too stems. Add water until it is just below the top $2.49 of the pebbles. Set the bulbs on the surface of weak to hold up their top heavy heads. Beware, Fall Lawn Feeding Savings though, your math skills will be called into the pebbles, crowding them together so they action. So pour yourself a drink and prepare to almost touch. Add more pebbles, covering Scott’s Super Turf booze your bulbs. Here’s how: the bottom third of the bulbs. Make sure the bulbs themselves are not touching the water, Builder Once the roots begin growing and the green or they may grow mold and rot. Maintain shoot on top reaches 1” to 2”, pour off the the water level described above and leave $19.99 Reg. $24.99 existing water. Replace the water with a the bulbs in a cool location with little or solution of 4-6% alcohol, and then continue no light. This cool darkness encourages root Clearance Sale to use the alcohol solution for future watering. growth. After a week or two, tug gently on To obtain the necessary percentage of alcohol, the bulbs from time to time to test for root Preen Pre-Emergent which is less than 10% to avoid a hangover development. Once they feel rooted, move Weed Control your plants won’t bounce back from, you’ll them to a bright spot without direct sunlight. need to look at the proof label on the bottle. They should flower in three to five weeks. $12.99 Reg. $19.99 September Garden Class Schedule Preen Pre-Emergent Saturday classes are FREE and last about an hour. Complimentary coffee is served. During Weed Control Plus inclement weather, classes are held indoors in San Diego and on the covered, heated patio in Poway. Topics are subject to change. See the full schedule at www.walterandersen.com/calendar/. Fertilizer 9:00am | SAN DIEGO NURSERY 9:30am | POWAY NURSERY $14.99 Reg. $24.99 Preen Clearance limited to stock on hand. 9/7 Savory Fall Herbs 9/7 Bedding Color First come, first served. 9/14 Soil Prep for Fall Planting 9/14 What Seed for Which Birds with 9/21 Fall Bulbs Old Ben & Parking Lot Sale Limited to stock on hand. No special orders. Cannot be combined with any other discount or 9/28 Vegetables for Fall & Winter 9/21 Fall Vegetables with Richard Wright offer. Hedge Fund$ Certificates can apply. 9/28 Fall Bulbs

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