Cool-Season Vegetables
This month, continue to plant the cool-season vegetables. Choose from beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrot, cauliflower, celery, endive, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leek, head and leaf lettuce, onion, pea, radish, spinach, Swiss chard and turnip.
Cut gingers and cannas right to the ground after they finish flowering. If there are holes in the ground-cover plants of gazanias, divide plants and use extras to fill the holes. Prune oleanders now so they can grow through winter and flower next summer.
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From the Los Angeles Times 2001 Garden Calendar
Garden Calendar
* California Native Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at El Dorado Nature Center, 7550 E. Spring St., Long Beach. $5 vehicle entry fee. For information, (562) 570-1750.
* The San Gabriel Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold native plants and seeds sale, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1759 N. Altadena Drive, Pasadena. The event is being held in memory of Rebecca Rothenberg, author of botanical mysteries and charter chapter member. For information, (562) 693-5717.
* Lecture titled “Cultivar Garden Tour,” 1-3 p.m. Sunday, by Ramona Ferriera, artistic gardener at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767, Ext. 224 (https://www.rsabg.org). Preregistration required.
* “Gardening With Native Bulb” presentation, 7 p.m. Tuesday, by Bart O’Brien, director of horticulture at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767, Ext. 224 (https://www.rsabg.org). $7. Preregistration required.
* “Top 40 Plants for Southern California Gardens” presentation, 7 p.m. next Thursday, by Bart O’Brien, director of horticulture at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767, Ext. 224 (https://www.rsabg.org). $11. Preregistration required.
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Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, at least three weeks before the event date.
