Green Thumb Alert: Special Camellia & Azalea Class Coming Up On Peninsula

By Mike McCullough (Open Post)

LEARN HOW TO CREATE A PLANT FROM A CUTTING, Nov. 15

The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society at 10 AM on Saturday, Nov. 15 at the San Lorenzo Garden Center, 235 River Street, Santa Cruz, will present a program on growing rhododendrons from cuttings.

At our program, Mike McCullough, a long time grower of rhododendrons, will show you how using cutting material, peat moss, Perlite, Styrofoam cups, and plastic bags you can create your own plant which should be blooming in approximately three to five years.

Besides regular rhododendrons, Mike McCullough will bring cutting material of Maddenii Series and Vireya Series rhododendrons, which are types of rhododendrons which grow superbly in this area, but unfortunately very few nurseries have.

There is no charge for admission.

LEARN ABOUT CAMELLIAS AND AZALEAS, Nov. 17

The leading source of camellias and Azalea Series rhododendrons is Nuccio’s Nurseries, a family-operated nursery which has been in existence since 1935.

http://sazanka.org/breeders/nuccio/

http://www.nucciosnurseries.com

Among the many varieties of camellias at Nuccio’s Nurseries are Camellia chrysanthoides and Camellia nitidissima which have yellow flowers.

On Monday Nov. 17, at 7 PM, at the Veteran’s Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue, Redwood City, the San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society and the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will feature a program by Tom Nuccio.

For the meeting, Tom Nuccio will bring plants of camellias and azaleas to the meeting, give information on these plants, and let us know how to care for our camellias and azaleas. At the meeting, the plants will be raffled or sold.

If you would like to learn about camellias and azaleas from one of the leading authorities, please come to the meeting.

Photos courtesy of Nuccio’s Nurseries.