Garden Projects
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Hours: Monday
- Saturday - 7 am to 5 pm
Sunday
- 9 am to 4 pm
Closed
on all major holidays.
for January
January is the best month to get a head start on your summer garden. This is the month for planting all the wonderful bare root items that are available at this time of the year, starting with roses. But fruit trees, strawberries, and lots of other wonderful plants are available in "bare root" form right now, so don't wait. When you bring these plants home, put them in the ground right away!
We have everything you need for your winter and spring landscape projects, so come on down.
Maintenance
No need to water unless several weeks pass without rain.
Deadhead faded flowers.
Continue applying snail and slug bait.
Prune rose bushes and spray with dormant spray.
Spray deciduous fruit trees with dormant spray.
Protect plants from frost.
Pull emerging weeds or spray with Roundup now to avoid lots of work later.
Plant Now
Plant bare root roses, trees, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, shrubs.
Plant tulip bulbs, gladiolas, iris tubers.
Plant camellias and azaleas.
Plant ornamental trees like flowering plum, acacia, magnolia.
Sow seeds or plant seedlings of winter vegetables.
Plant spring color - pansies, Iceland poppies, stock, larkspur.
Water newly planted items.
Buy seeds for summer flowers and vegetables to start indoors now.
Fertilize
Feed cool season lawns.
Fertilize citrus, avocado, berries and grapes.
All
gardeners live in beautiful places because they make
them so. Joseph Joubert
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