Rick's Picks Plants: 2014

Monday, February 24, 2014

Fantasia Nectarine ,,,,,yum

Fantasia is a variety of Nectarine which is a member of the Prunus family. Its botanical name is Prunus persica nucipersica 'Fantasia'. Fantasia normally grows with a tree-like habit with a max height of 13.00 feet (that's 4.00 metres metric).

When to plant Nectarine 'Fantasia' in the northern hemisphere*

The most popular months to sow Fantasia are Feb, Aug, and Jan.

The most popular months to plant out Fantasia outside are Feb, Oct, and Jan.

Sow
Transplant
Harvest

* This planting schedule has been generated directly from our members observations whilst growing Nectarine. Help us make this more accurate by logging your observations too!

When to plant Nectarine 'Fantasia' in the southern hemisphere*

The most popular months to sow Nectarine are Sep, Jun, and Dec.

The most popular months to plant out Nectarine are Jun, Sep, and Dec.

Call me and I will bring you this tree....

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714-366-3596

Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentines to all....

Toktam Na originally shared ... Nature Photography

Flowers tell the story

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Valentines Day ...... Flowering Plants Last

A customer gave this flowering plant to his Mother.

I am often asked during the "valentine week" If I have cut flowers. I have in the past but it turns out my customers like giving and getting live flowering plants.

This is a Hyacinth and it will emit a fragrant flowers for most of the springtime season.

Three months of prettiness and a pleasant aroma beats a dozen roses.

Orchids are a great choice they last long and are soooo pretty.

A Bromeliad will flower for seasons.

Call +Rick's Picks Plants and the The Big Plant Van 714-366-3596 and I will bring and vanful of flowering plants.

#Valentine #valentine flowers

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Ricks Picks Plants Big Plant Van goes to your Home or Office

Rick's Picks Plants is mobile.

If your office needs some greenery.

If your home needs some fresh life.

If you need a truck to transport your plants.

Rick's Picks Big Plant van will do the job.

Interior Plants, Exterior plants, Trees, Vegetables,
flowering plants, Palm trees and much more..

Delivered to your doorstep.

714-366-3596

Springtime is almost here........ My beloved Dodgers are headed to spring training..

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Monday, February 3, 2014

Gala Apples grow well in Southern Califirnia

Gala is a clonally propagated apple with a mild and sweet flavor. Gala apples ranked at number 2 in 2006 on the US Apple Association's list of most popular apples, after Red Delicious and before Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and Fuji (in order).^[1]

Gala apples are small and are usually red with a portion being greenish or yellow-green, vertically striped. Gala apples are fairly resistant to bruising and are sweet, grainy, with a mild flavor and a thinner skin than most apples. Quality indices include firmness, crispness, and lack of meal worms.

Gala apples are grown from May through September in the northern hemisphere, but, like most apples, are available almost all year through the use of cold storage and controlled atmosphere storage. Australian Gala are available from late January. California fruit is available until October. While the season usually lasts only 9 or 10 months, they are able to last all year round. However due to some apples continuing to be grown in some orchards, and the fact that they can be refrigerated for some months, leads to the availability of the Gala apple year round in some Australian markets. These usually taste different (slightly less sweet) from those in season.The UK season begins in late summer (August). Storage makes the UK fruit available nearly year round as with fruit from other origins.

Call and I will bring a Gala Apple tree to you. 714-794-2230

#Plants #trees

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606 13th St #2 Huntington Beach, CA 92648

(714) 794-2230

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Blood Oranges are full of flavor.

Blood Oranges are new to consumers and are very tasty.

The blood orange is a variety of orange (Citrus × sinensis) with crimson, almost-blood-colored flesh. The fruit is smaller than an average orange; its skin is usually pitted, but can be smooth. The distinctive dark flesh color is due to the presence of anthocyanins, a family of antioxidant pigments common to many flowers and fruit, but uncommon in citrus fruits.^[1] The flesh develops its characteristic maroon color when the fruit develops with low temperatures during the night.^[2] Sometimes there is dark coloring on the exterior of the rind as well, depending on the variety of blood orange. The skin can be tougher and harder to peel than that of other oranges.

While all oranges are likely of hybrid origin between the pomelo and the tangerine,^[3] blood oranges originated as a mutation of the sweet orange.^[4]

The Big Plant Van usually has a Blood orange tree onboard.

714-794-2230

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Orange Blossom Special

Look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
It's the Orange Blossom Special
Bringin' my baby back

Well, I'm going down to Florida
And get some sand in my shoes
Or maybe Californy
And get some sand in my shoes
I'll ride that Orange Blossom Special
And lose these New York blues

"Say man, when you going back to Florida?"
"When am I goin' back to Florida? I don't know, don't reckon I ever will."
"Ain't you worried about getting your nourishment in New York?"
"Well, I don't care if I do-die-do-die-do-die-do-die."

Hey talk about a-ramblin'
She's the fastest train on the line
Talk about a-travellin'
She's the fastest train on the line
It's that Orange Blossom Special
Rollin' down the seaboard line

by Johnny Cash