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Edition 10.11 Yamagami's Nursery March 18, 2010

New Store Hours: 9 AM to 6 PM Daily

Featured Quotation:

"In the end, color combinations come down to our personal preferences, which we must discover through observation and experiment."
~ Montagu Don

Yamagami's 2010 Spring Garden Fair

Celebrate Spring at Yamagami's 2010 Spring Garden Fair on Saturday and Sunday March 20th and 21st from 10 AM to 3 PM. Find Guest Experts with raffle prizes scattered throughout the nursery. This is your chance to talk one-on-one with garden experts to find solutions to your garden problems and answers to your garden questions.

Sunday, March 21st, America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem, broadcasts his radio show LIVE on KSFO 560AM here at Yamagami's from 7AM to 10 AM. This is your chance to be a part of a live broadcast! Come ask your questions live or phone them in for Bob's uniquely practical advice.

Both days you'll find fruit and vegetable experts to guide you to success in your own garden of eatin'. Beautiful plants, the best garden supplies and loads of helpful information – what more could you want from a garden fair? It's FREE! Plus, there are FREE Goodie Bags, both days, to the first 50 attendees (starting at 10AM). Join us for all the fun.

Yamagami's 2010 Spring Garden Fair Schedule

Saturday and Sunday March 20th and 21st, 2010

FREE Goodie Bags both days to the first 50 attendees (starting at 10AM)

Guest Experts Schedule

Saturday March 20th

Guest Experts from 10 AM to 3 PM (unless otherwise noted)

• Joyce Okumura, Landscape Designer- Design Ideas for Replacing Lawns.

• Maya Shiroyama from Kitazawa Seeds – Asian Veggies for Silicon Valley Gardens (10 AM to 2PM only)

• Jackie Doda, Horticultural Consultant - Native Plants for Beautiful Water-Wise Gardens

• Bruce Bowling from Kawahara Nursery – Spring Color for Containers and Flower Beds

• Deanna Van Klaveren, of Generation Growers, Citrus for Local Gardens

Carolyn Villa-Scott, Master Fruit Taster – MyFavorite Fruit for Local Gardens

• Andrew Lee, from Santa Clara County Valley Water District - Water-Wise Programs for Homeowners

• Patrick O'Donnell representing The Bugblaster

• Carolyn Rosen, Horticulturalist - Container and Small Space Veggies

• Craig Anderson of Western Pulp Pots - Lightweight, Biodegradable Versatile Containers

• Kerri Kemp of Kelloggs – Organic Soils, Amendments and Fertilizers

• Doug Wilkins of Annie's Annuals - Exciting Spring Garden Choices!

Sunday, March 21st

Broadcasting Live from Yamagami's Nursery – KSFO 560AM Bob Tanem in the Garden. Join us and be a part of a live broadcast! 7 AM to 10 AM

Guest Experts 10 AM to 3 PM (unless otherwise noted)

• David Kirby of Monrovia - Distinctively Better Plants

• Thomas Chaplin from Dr. Earth Why Organic Fertilizers Are Better

• Patrick O'Donnell representing The Bugblaster

• Andrew Lee, from Santa Clara County Valley Water District, Water-Wise Programs for Homeowners

• Nancy Garrison, Fruit Specialist - Best Fruit for Silicon Valley

• Heidi Johnson, Landscape Consultant - Sustainable Gardens and Green Gardeners

• Kathy Anberg, Horticultural Consultant - Container Garden Demos

• Sarah Machado from Upstarts - Organic Vegetables for Spring Gardens (10:00 – 1:30 PM only)

• Jackie Doda, Horticultural Consultant - Native Plants for Beautiful Water-Wise Gardens



Schedule subject to changes or cancellations.


'Sun Crest' Peach, Goodness Not Found in a Grocery Store

Suncrest Peaches

Nick Esquivel - Plant Buyer

If your fruit fantasies involve biting into a fresh peach and having sweet nectar run down your arms, Sun Crest Peach is the one for you. Lovingly immortalized in Epitaph to a Peach by Mas Masumoto, 'Sun Crest' Peach has that old-fashioned texture, fragrance and flavor of peaches that cannot be commercially picked and shipped. You just can't find peaches like this in a grocery store. 'Sun Crest' Peach is such a treasure that it was the first California produce item to be selected by Slow Food for its Ark of Taste.

Yamagami's Nursery has a limited supply of 'Sun Crest' Peach. It is a semi-dwarf tree on 'Citation' rootstock, which adapts well to our soil. If you have had a problem with nematodes in your soil, we also have some grafted on 'Nemaguard' (need good drainage, plant on a mound) which grow to standard size.

If you have a yearning for that 'melting quality' of a real peach, plant a 'Sun Crest.' Come to Yamagami's Nursery for the best fruit selection around and all the supplies you need to succeed in your own garden of eatin'.


Make Gardening Easy- Move Up to Kiwi Collar Raised Beds!

Double Beds Raised Beds Amy Root - Garden Supply

Hate digging in clay soil? Move your garden up into a Kiwi Collar raised bed. Yamagami's Nursery is now offering stackable, modular, versatile wooden raised beds. These beds need no tools, no nails, no screws, that's right, no assembly required! You can simply open them and place them on the ground or even a deck.



A single pre-fab module makes a 48" x 40" x 7.7" tall rectangular bed. From there you can connect them, stack them or group them depending on the space you have available. The timbers are a sustainable resource from managed forests and are chemical-free.



Come in to see these Kiwi Collars and move your garden on up. Let the Nursery Pros at Yamagami's guide you to success with all your gardening projects. We are here to help you succeed...the first time.


Spring Planting Special!

Buy 3 get 1 FREE!

Time to get growing! Yamagami's Nursery recommends mixing all-organic Gardner & Bloome Harvest Supreme into your soil when planting flowers and vegetables, and all organic Gardner & Bloome Planting Mix when planting most trees and shrubs. To help you get started right, our special price is - purchase 3 bags and get 1 bag FREE. Special pricing ends Friday, April 30.

Planting Mix Harvest Supreme

The Buzz is... the Queen's the Thing!

Yellow Jacket TrapYellow JacketNow is when young yellow jacket queens hatch, emerge, and fly out searching for a place to a nest. What if your backyard looks like Eden to her?

Prevent a summer of evading aggressive yellow jackets by trapping queens now, before they can set up housekeeping in or near your garden.

Rescue! Yellow Jacket Traps use pheromones to attract them. The queens enter it, get stuck and the result is, no nest. We recommend placing a few strategically in the outer areas of your garden (away from entertaining areas) for best results. You'll want to suggest to your neighbors that they do the same for best protection.


Safe Fungus Control with Serenade!

Yellow JacketAll this winter's lovely rain means diseases are flourishing. It used to be that fungicides were scary to use. With all the emphasis on safe and organic gardening practices, Yamagami's is happy to offer Serenade, a whole new kind of fungicide. Its active ingredient is a bacteria that does not harm beneficial insects and wildlife, but controls powdery mildew and other fungal diseases. We used it on our Giant Pumpkin last year and were thrilled with the results.

Serenade is safe to use on fruits, vegetables and even tender bedding plants. Yamagami's is cautioning our customers to be on the lookout for disease problems this spring. At the very first sign of a disease, start using Serenade to keep any infection from getting out of control. Like most garden problems, early detection means easier control.

Come to Yamagami's Nursery for the safest ways to combat any garden problems as well as the most natural ways to get your garden to thrive. We are here when you want to succeed...the first time.


Coming Events: 2010 March - April Events and Classes

2010 February and March Classes

Classes are outdoors in a covered area. Dress warmly and consider bringing a cushion for your chair. Fee is $20, which is rebated as credit on merchandise. Early prepaid registration strongly suggested, as many classes do sell out.

Saturday, March 20th and Sunday, March 21st from 10 AM to 3 PM.
Yamagami's Spring Garden Fair!
Free samples, guest experts, raffle prizes and lots of great gardening info. Celebrate Spring at Yamagami's! This event is FREE!
Wednesday, March 24th through Sunday, March 28th.
San Francisco Flower and Garden Show.
Buy your advance tickets here and avoid the lines at the show PLUS bring your ticket (only specially marked tickets purchased here) back after the show and receive store credit back for your purchase price! Take advantage of this great offer, visit the best garden show around and get inspired on us.

Steve Goto

Saturday and Sunday, April 10th and 11th
Early Season Tomatoes with Steve Goto.
Find organically grown early season tomato plants selected by Steve. Free classes for success at 10 AM and 2 PM both days.


Stuart Shim

Saturday, April 17th at 10 AM and 1 PM
Pumpkinmania- Growing Giant Pumpkins Class
with Stuart Shim. Free seed and growing instructions are included.

Saturday, April 17th from 10 AM to 2 PM
Cupertino's Earth Day Festival--
Free! Visit Yamagami's booth! Cupertino City Hall Plaza, 1030 Torre Ave., Cupertino. This is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day!


Featured Recipe: Make Ahead Breakfast Bake

What you need:

  • 6 slices bread
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • 3/4 pound ham, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced and sautéed in butter
  • 8 ounces diced green chiles
  • 2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 tsp. paprika
  • 1/2 tsp. basil
  • 1/4 tsp. onion salt
  • 1/2 tsp. white pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. dry mustard

Step by Step:

Butter 6 slices of bread and place buttered side down in a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

Sprinkle with 2 cups cheddar cheese.

Place ham on top of cheese and then layer with mushrooms and chiles. Top with Monterey Jack cheese.

In a bowl, beat eggs and add milk, salt, paprika, basil, onion salt, pepper and dry mustard.

Pour over ingredients in dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 325º. Uncover casserole and bake for 50 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes to set before serving.

Yield: 8 servings

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Since 1948, Yamagami's Nursery has been committed to the promotion of beauty and the plants, products and friendly, professional support needed to attain and maintain that Beauty. In my parents' footsteps (and Taro Yamagami’s before them), I promise to continue that tradition. I invite you to visit us in the nursery and on our website, yamagamisnursery.com for help in making your yard into a beautiful garden.
Thanks for visiting,

Preston Oka

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