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walterandersen.com facebook.com/walterandersens twitter.com/walterandersens online store videos San Diego’s Independent Nursery Since 1928 TM FEBRUARY 2015 IN THIS ISSUE The Meaning Of Flowers Helps You Shop Smart On Valentine’s Day By Melanie Potter The Meaning Of Flowers 1 What’s New? 1 Peanuts For Baseball Season 1 To Do List: February 2 Pigeon Peas 3 Thanks Australia! 4 Jackson & Perkins Roses 4 Old Ben: The Brown Pelican 5 Old Ben’s Specials 5 Coupons 6 Free Garden Classes 6 Peanuts In Time For This article should give you ample Tulips Baseball Season time to pull a Valentine’s Day plan For your Valentine, if he or she isn’t a By Melanie Potter together. You still have time to order fan of roses. A perfectly scarlet tulip flowers from the florist and make represents “perfect love,” according Did you know that April is the dinner reservations. If you want to to a Turkish legend. Tulips can also start of the major league baseball think outside of the box and opt for help if you’re in the doghouse; smooth season? Are you surprised that I something more original, you can still things over with yellow tulips (cheerful knew that? I only mention it because say it with roses or flowers—and plant thoughts) and encourage forgiveness the nursery has peanut plants, a them together! Awwwww! with white tulips. continued p2 perfect companion to baseball after hotdogs, and beer! What a better way to wait for the season than What’s New? Proven Winners Has Some “Don’t to grow something you can enjoy during the season. Miss Plants” For You By Melanie Potter Virginia Peanuts are already growing in their containers at the nursery; I Do you remember in past container spotted one that had made its way articles, we’ve discussed using Thrillers, from below the soil so already they Spillers, and Fillers; the components are off like gangbusters. Peanuts that add excitement to a container are not nuts but are part of the garden? Well, here are a couple of legume family, like peas and beans. thrillers for you. Peanuts are also tropical natives From Proven Winners comes Mulla and like the warmth. Plant after the Mulla ‘Platinum Wallaby’ and Leucan- threat of frost has passed, and plant themum ‘Daisy May’. in the sunshine, in soil that is loose, Mulla Mulla ‘Platinum Wallaby’ is a well-drained, and rich in organic Mulla Mulla ‘Platinum Wallaby’ by Proven Winners perennial that blooms with pink flowers matter. A sandy-loamy soil is best. continued p3 continued p4 02.15 2 The Meaning Of Flowers continued from p1 Grab a few and say “I admire you,” “thank you,” “I love you,” and “you make me happy” all at once. Lilies Give lilies to let her know she’s a classy lady. Don’t offer white lilies by themselves because they might remind her of Easter, or death. Pink lilies can look especially romantic. Lilies affectionately depict “refined beauty.” Irises Irises convey that you can’t say enough Cymbidium Orchid good things about her. Purple irises are often mixed with other flowers in Valentine’s Day bouquets. It symbolizes the best compliments. Grow them with TO DO LIST: roses or wildflowers and you’ll have Iris ‘Clarence’ your own cutting garden. February Orchids Roses A safe choice for any Valentine, male Red is the classic color and the most or female. Potted orchid plants are popular choice for Valentine’s Day. It PRUNING more often given to men, while orchid could be because red roses symbolize love, romance, beauty, and perfection. Prune roses and deciduous fruits bouquets are more frequently given and ornamentals before new to women. Orchids in particular are If the florist is sold out of red roses, you growth starts. Trim back tropicals delicate and graceful, representing may have to opt for another color or like Hibiscus and Bougainvillea after love, luxury, beauty and strength. choose a red rose bush from the more than 25 varieties our stores stock. You danger of frost passes to clean up Sunflowers can’t go wrong with ‘Lasting Love’, any damage received during the winter. The yellow petals and open face of ‘Always and Forever”, or ‘In the Mood’. this big bright flower symbolizes the The Colors PEST CONTROL sun itself. An entire bouquet conveys Give last applications of dormant warmth, happiness, adoration, and Before making your decision willy nilly, sprays such as Liqui-Cop or Oil lasting love. These are a nice choice if make sure you know what the color of Spray before buds start to break on your sweetie is an outdoorsy, or back- a rose symbolizes. deciduous fruits and ornamentals. to-nature type. Pink PLANT Lucky Bamboo Plant Pink roses are the symbol of admir- Last of the bare-root Roses, Fruits, Another good choice for male or ation and gratitude. Those colors may and Ornamentals should be planted. female recipients. Give a symbol of be better suited for mothers and Citrus can also be planted now. “being lucky” on the special occasion grandmothers. of Valentine’s Day. Protect from frost if needed. Plant Lavender another crop of leaf lettuce. Gardenias A good choice on this lovely occa- LOOK FOR Loaded with fragrance, these elegant sion as lavender roses symbolize flowers signify purity and joy, and “enchantment”. Camellias and Azaleas. Cool season vegetables. Bulbs, potatoes, and connote deep, old-fashioned love. Yellow Buy a grafted variety such as Mystery, garlic. • Veitchii, First Love, or August Beauty. Symbolizes friendship, meaning your friend, of course. In a romantic context, Gerbera Daisies these can mean, “let’s just be friends”. Daisies typically look innocent and My advice before giving yellow roses fun, but a red one is a sweet and is to make sure your significant other unexpected choice to express love. knows that you are just friends. • 02.15 3 Pigeon Peas What’s New? By Melanie Potter continued from p1 One 80 degree winter day, I wandered around the nursery wishing I’d worn shorts and thinking about the tropical on silver foliage in an upright torch- spell we’d been given by Mother like habit. Taking full sun, it is easy to Nature when I spotted some pigeon care for. It is heat and drought tolerant peas. They made me think of south and requires no deadheading. You’ll Florida and the Bahamas because be rewarded with blooms until cooler, pigeon peas are easy to find there. frosty weather sets in, yet it’s hardy to They are called for in many Caribbean 20 degrees F. Provide average water recipes and pigeon peas and rice is on nearly every menu in Bahamian and you’ll have a great addition to grey, purple or black, depending on restaurants. Out here they are hard to containers or the landscape. the variety. For the first three months find either fresh or canned but it turns after germination, growth is slow, but out, lo and behold, you can grow then becomes fast. Plants can start to them in San Diego! bloom after two months, but may take Cultivated for 3,000 years, there are longer depending on the cultivar. Peas hundreds of cultivars, many suited can be eaten fresh or dried. to different growing conditions. India Need further enticement? I scoured my grows about 80 percent of the world’s cookbooks and found a recipe, from harvest and the peas are added to ‘Gourmet Bahamian Cooking’ using lentils to make dal, the commonly these fabulous peas. Bon appétit! found dish in India. The plants are • versatile and satisfy many purposes in poorer countries. Woody stems can be used as firewood and building materials and the plants themselves Peas & Rice can serve as a wind break or cover crop. As a food source, they are high 1/4 lb. salt pork, chopped fine in protein which makes them an (or fat cut from a baked ham, affordable and nutritious dish. They or bacon drippings) also provide food for animals and for 1 onion chopped Leucanthemum ‘Daisy May’ by Proven Winners human consumption; can be eaten 1 cup canned tomatoes or fresh, dried, or ground into flour. They Leucanthemum ‘Daisy May’. Though 2 tbsp. tomato paste are forgiving of poor soils, and drought it may look like a typical daisy at first, tolerant once established. Salt, pepper and thyme to taste look again at the large, snow white These plants are tropical and sub 1 cup pigeon peas (most likely flowers which blanket the plant and all tropical so plant after threat of frost. canned, or you can substitute the buds along each stem. Because of They will also grow tall, reaching up blackeye peas) better branching and many side buds, to 7 feet. Besides being delicious, this daisy blooms much longer than 3 cups water pigeon peas have more benefits. The typical daisies do, often all summer plants improve soil fertility by fixing 2 cups rice long if deadheaded. This pretty face atmospheric nitrogen and they have a Fry salt pork to get the fat. Add attracts butterflies. It’s also perennial, very deep tap root that is able to break onion, tomato, salt, pepper and 12-24 inches tall. Plant in sun and through hard soils and improve the soil thyme to the fat. Stir together provide average water. structure. Plants also bring nutrients and continue cooking. Add peas from the subsoil to the surface. Need a refresher on thrillers, spillers, and 3 cups water. Let come to a and fillers? Thrillers are the center- Believed to have originated in India, boil and stir in rice.

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