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Mother's Day Weekend MAY 2019 Serving You Since 1955 981 Alden Lane, Livermore, CA • www.aldenlane.com • (925) 447-0280 Mother’s Day Weekend May 11th & 12th Take time to Smell the Roses! To celebrate Mother’s Day, Kelly will set up a “FRESH Cut Perfume Bar” where roses will be displayed and labeled. You’ll be able to cup the blooms and inhale their fragrance. What a great way to experience the wonder of rose diversity. Come sip iced tea and “Take Time to Smell the Roses”! Our “Rose Garden” is awash with color. The roses are blooming beautifully and it’s a wonderful time to select just the right color, form and FRAGRANCE for your garden and vase. Stroll the aisles and soak up the beauty and perfume. We had the opportunity to visit a rose hybridizer where specialized staff discerningly evaluate each rose variety bloom and translate its aromas, much like a vintner describing a wine. Take your turn at sampling the essence of each rose. Is it citrus, notes of old rose or a hint of Hyacinth? This will be a fun and ‘Fragrant’ activity. Heather will have a “Floral” Market set up in the “Rose Garden” filled with blossom themed gift items including soaps & lotions. Don’t miss Nancy’s rose companion Pop Up Garden demonstrating what plants to pair with your roses. Her artful combinations will inspire you! SAVE THE DATE!! Art Under the Oaks $$ It’s Time for $$ on July 20 & 21 from 11-4 p.m. The event showcases $$ Bonus Dollars Again! $$ many talented Our traditional springtime event – artists, musicians Bonus Dollars are back! and wine makers. • Bonus Dollar Points are given April 1 – May 31 Artists will be on • You earn 10% of your total purchases and are hand, spread through- paid in Alden Lane Nursery Bonus Dollar Points. out the spacious • These Bonus Dollar Points are redeemable nursery, exhibiting August 1-31, and November 29 - December 24. their work as well as They are to be used for up to 50% of your purchases. demonstrating their For example: if you have 10 Bonus Dollars you may skills for everyone to use all 10 on a purchase of $20 or more. see. Please mark your (Bonus Dollars or Bonus Dollar Points are not valid with other calendar and plan to discounts or coupons. Bonus Dollars are not valid on sod, sale come and support your local community! items or other special orders. Sales limited to stock on hand. Not redeemable for cash.) Run for the Roses! Red roses have long been associated with the Kentucky Derby run each year on the first Saturday of May. The winning horse is adorned with a garland of over 400 roses artfully stitched onto green satin fabric. We invite you to “amble” through the aisles, no need to run, and enjoy “our” over 400 roses in Alden Lane’s Rose Garden some of which you could artfully ‘stitch’ in to your green landscape to celebrate and color it up. Most roses repeat bloom from Spring to Fall but there’s something magical about the first bloom. Gentle spring temperatures increase the bloom size and the heady perfume are reminders of springs past about to be replayed. Some years ago, I was helping a customer in the rose section and she said, “I wish I had a rose garden” to which I replied, “I do too”. She looked at me and said, “You’re standing in yours”, hence our rose section is now known as the “Rose Garden”. It truly is the ultimate garden as both the time honored and new hybrids are always there. As a tribute to the “Run for the Roses” lift a Mint Julep as you celebrate your garden. The 79th Annual Pleasanton Public Rose Show Saturday, May 11th • Free Admission • Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton. • Enter your home grown cut roses from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. • Judging is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • Public viewing runs from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. • Award ceremony is at 2:30 p.m. This show is open to all backyard novices. For more information visit www.pleasantonroseshow.com. Come see Alden Lane’s on-going “Rose Show”. Our plants are budded and blooming. Walk the aisles, “take time to smell the roses” and choose some for your garden. We’re here to help with all your rose needs. Win A Free Modern Bush Rose Plus Planting Supplies A Modern Bush Rose MODERN BUSH ROSE May 2019 1.5 cu. ft. bag of Master’s Name: _____________________________________________ Rose Planting Address: ___________________________________________ Mix City: _______________________________________________ 5 lbs. Master Start Phone: _____________________________________________ A $59.97 Value Email: ______________________________________________ No purchase necessary. Need not be present to Yes, I would like to receive the newsletter online. win. Drawing to be held May 31, 2019. Notes for May Gardening Protect your cherry crop! Prevent wormy fruit. Start Turflon Esther for Bermuda grass control controls that spraying weekly when fruit begins to change from green wiry stemmed, nuisance weed Bermuda grass. It also to strawberry color. Spinosad and Malathion are sprays works wonders on Oxalis, a yellow clover look alike. to consider. e e Mulching does wonders for your garden. As well as Feed roses now and every two weeks for maximum rose looking good, mulching conserves water and suppresses production. Use MaxSea plus Kelp Sea Life for the trace weeds and keeps roots cool. We suggest a mulch layer 4 elements and minerals. inches thick. We are especially fond of Micro-bark because e it looks good and breaks down relatively soon. Don’t mulch e Thin apple and peach crops if too much fruit has set, right up to the plant trunk or stem. Leave 4 to 6 inches you’ll get fewer but larger, juicier fruit. of breathing room. Timing is important for grub control. If you had trouble Protect the trunks of fruit trees with Go Natural Tree e with grubs last summer and fall, now is the time to ready Trunk Paint. Applying a white wash coating to the trunk a treatment plan for prevention. Treating your lawn in will reflect heat away from the tender tissue and protect May with Bonide Grub Beater or Nematodes while the the trees. e grubs are young and vulnerable is best. Use Nematodes e in your vegetable garden. Regular feeding for Citrus. Citrus perform well with monthly light feedings of fertilizer specifically formulated Ladybugs and praying mantis to the rescue! Control for Citrus. This will ensure that your tree gets a nice even aphids, beetles, scale and leafhoppers naturally. supply of food year-round instead of occasional periods of e highs or lows. We recommend Master Nursery Citrus Food, Deep root water trees and shrubs. Never depend on or for a completely organic approach, use E.B. Stone Citrus e lawn watering to take care of trees and shrubs. Begin and Fruit Tree Fertilizer. Make quarterly applications of deep watering with a Ross Root Feeder now and continue Iron Sulfate for optimum feeding and greening. monthly through the hot summer season. The use of soaker e hoses helps deliver deep water as well. Prep your roses for a second wave of bloom! Cut back and feed roses as the first set of blooms fade. Feed with Do you have bugs on your vegetables? Use vegetable Master Nursery Rose and Flower Food. Water and stand safe Bonide All Season Spray Oil. back (roses typically rebloom 6 weeks after pruning and e feeding. For a special treatment, feed roses with water Plant 4-inch vegetable plants and save several weeks soluble Maxsea. It can be sprayed on the leaves and gives e of growing time. Remember to protect them from hungry the plant a dark glossy appearance. snails and slugs with pet safe Sluggo or Sluggo Plus. Both are labeled for organic gardening, both control slugs, e Sluggo Plus controls insects too. Don’t forget Mother’s Day is May 12th. Prevent olive fruit set with Florel Fruit Eliminator. Spray the olive when the tree has just reached full We have wonderful gift suggestions for Mom. bloom. Olive flowers are very small, so watch closely. Drop by and let us help you Full bloom usually occurs in early May. Spray the whole select just the perfect thing for Mom. e tree thoroughly. We have the names of commercial spray companies that can help too. Berry Festival and Bonsai Show Saturday & Sunday • June 15th & 16th Valley Bonsai Society is holding its 11th Annual Show on Saturday, June 15th and Sunday, June 16th from 10 am to 4 pm at Alden Lane Nursery. Demonstrations are planned each day. The finished trees will be raffled off at the end of the demonstration. There will be a member sales table and door prizes. Admission is free. For additional information, contact Charles Harder at bonsainut@ comcast.net. Come out and make merry at our BERRY FESTIVAL both Saturday & Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. Bring the whole family . We will also have fresh made berry pie!! Jams, syrups and more for sale made from local berries. We have many berry varieties you can grow in your own garden. Bring Dad out on Father’s Day for a glass of Blackberry Tea and order your favorite berry pie in advance to enjoy a wonderful berry pie with your BBQ. Come and make a day of it! Announcements We love Moms! • Watch the Valley Gardener It’s that special time of year when we on TV30 for great gardening recognize Mothers and all that they do for us! tips with host Jacquie Williams- We have many gifts for Mom from mugs to Courtright at 7:30 am and statues.
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