All those tasty fruit delights found at the Farmer’s Market could have been grown in your own garden. Now is the time to special order those fruit trees you wish you were harvesting. Our SOFT (Special Order Fruit Tree) program runs through November 5th. The SOFT program enables you to special order almost everything Dave Wilson Nursery (our fruit tree grower) lists. The trees will arrive bareroot in January. The benefits are great; a much bigger selection of varieties to choose from, ability to choose your own rootstocks and best of all, great prices. Order 3 or more fruit trees and receive 10% off for even greater savings! 

This is your chance to add less common fruit like Yellow Bellflower (antique apple), North Star (dwarf sour cherry) or Smyrna Quince (old favorite). For those who wish to grow in containers, many genetic dwarf trees are available, including Garden Prince Almond, Apple Babe, Necta Zee Nectarine, and Pix Zee Peach. Figs and Pomegranates are included in the SOFT program but they will be in liner pots (12” deep by 4” tall and wide), as they do not do well from bareroot. Click here to see the complete SOFT List.

Yamagami’s Nursery offers a FREE Bareroot Planting Guide for guaranteed success. Pick up a copy of our Backyard Orchard Guide for ways to keep your trees to the height you prefer! Yamagami’s Nursery’s Pros, with over 300 years combined experience, are here to help you turn your garden to a garden of eatin’.

It’s an Encore Appearance for Encore Azaleas 

Back by popular demand, reblooming Encore Azaleas® have just arrived. Seven lovely varieties are now available but they are selling fast. Encore Azaleas® are prized for their reliable reblooming for a prolonged colorful display even after their big "spring fling". They are fairly tolerant of hot sun (but not reflected heat); however, in our dry climate they do best in full morning sun with filtered shade in the afternoon. Gorgeous in the ground, they also make stunning container plants. Follow our FREE Rhododendron, Azalea and Camellia Planting Guide for guaranteed success. Yamagami’s Nursery is here when you want to succeed…the first time.

White grubs are pests that begin invading lawns in early spring and again in summer. Grubs do their damage below ground, so the problem often goes undetected until it’s too late. Grubs can turn a fine looking lawn into a patchwork quilt of yellow spots. What can be even worse is the digging damage done by birds, raccoons, skunks and other critters looking for these tasty grubs.

Grubs are actually larvae of beetles and other insects; most are C-shaped and off-white with a dark head. There are several types of grubs capable of damaging lawns. They are becoming more of a problem every year, so we recommend treating in April and August. The August treatment is critical in that Fall is the season for the worst of the digging damage.

Use Bayer Season Long Grub control NOW to stop grubs in their tracks. For organic gardens and vegetable gardens, use Beneficial Nematodes to fight them. Using good bugs to fight bad bugs is a little more work but very satisfying. Sign up for our FREE Lawn Care E-Reminder Service for e-mail reminders of when and what to use for various lawn needs. Yamagami’s Nursery wants you to succeed…the first time!

Well, after nearly tearing down his walls, Arthur was pruned back to Camelot’s borders to help him direct more energy to his rapidly expanding pumpkin, now christened Sir Galahad. Godfather Al did the vine pruning and yes, it hurt. He estimates Sir Galahad’s weight at between 60 and 70 lbs. The Waterwench, Poli, and Godfather Al have been watering every other day and feeding every two weeks with Maxsea®. Under their tender care, Arthur and Galahad are continuing to thrive! 

Go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Cupertino-CA/Yamagamis-Nursery-Garden-Center/63172657808 for more frequent updates and photos. 

This is an image sent by Nick Siersema of his giant pumpkin growing in Willow Glen. Wow! 

Send us reports of your own pumpkin growing experiences and photos to InfoCenter
@YamagamisNursery.com to share with our readers.

Earwigs are brownish-black colored insects (about ¾ inch long) with pointed pincers on the rear of their abdomens. An earwig’s lifelong pursuit is to be an active member of the insect cleanup crew of the garden. They chew up plant debris and decaying organic material to turn it into humus. For this job, earwigs are considered a beneficial insect. You rarely see this insect out in the open, but rather under leaves, under low-growing foliage plants or in a woodpile. Creating humus is the earwig's "career," a positive thing for any garden. 

However, when large populations exist, they develop a taste for plants.  They especially enjoy new tender foliage or, even more often, flower petals. They will also chew on wooden containers where the line between decaying wood and useful wood is not clear to an earwig. These are the reasons they can be trouble for gardeners. When they eat your plants or flowers, they are considered pests. Be very careful hand picking them as they can pinch to the point of drawing blood when provoked. 

Earwigs can be controlled when they become pests. For minor infestations in damp places, place rolled-up, moistened newspapers. The earwigs will feed at night then crawl inside the paper in the morning, and you can simply throw them away. For other areas where their population is out of hand and damage is rampant, apply OMRI approved (means it is approved for organic gardens) Sluggo Plus. Environmentally safe Sluggo Plus will also control snails, slugs, sowbugs (another misguided humus maker) and cutworms. 

Let the Nursery Pros at Yamagami’s Nursery help you maintain a healthy garden in the safest way possible.

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Steve Goto and Cool Tolerant Tomatoes for Your Fall into Winter Harvest

Extend your tomato harvest with varieties that just keep going. Learn how to succeed in growing tomatoes for your Thanksgiving Day feast.

Saturday, Aug. 15th - 10 AM to 3 PM
Sunday, Aug. 16th - 10 AM to 3 PM

Tomatoes and Pepper Tasting

Come find new favorites and help us choose varieties to offer in 2010. FREE.

Sunday, Aug. 16 - 10 AM to 12 Noon

FREE Dahlia Show!

Come see some amazing blossoms, get inspired and learn from the experts how to succeed in growing your own garden.

Saturday, Aug. 22 - 10 AM to 3 PM
Sunday, Aug. 23 - 10 AM to 3 PM

FREE Begonia Show and Talk!

The Santa Clara Valley Branch of the American Begonia Society will have some amazing Begonia varieties on display--and many for sale! Their selection will include Fancy Leaf types (like Rex), Cane types (think Angel Wings), Rhizomatus types (like Tiger Kitten) and others. They do not specialize in Tuberous types.

They will conduct a FREE talk on the different types and their care at 11 AM.

Saturday, Aug. 29 - 10 AM to 3 PM
Talk 11 AM

Yamagami’s Fall Garden Fair

Look for guest experts, free samples, special savings and so much more! Stay tuned for details!

Saturday, September 19 and
Sunday, September 20