APRIL
Annuals:
(See also Sweet Peas and Wildflowers)
Some of your cool-season annuals may still be going strong, especially along the immediate coast. If so, leave them in. Otherwise, it’s time to replant these with warm-season varieties.
Warm-season annuals should
I have been gardening for most of my life. One of my earliest memories is of my parents and me, barely four years old, moving into our house on Long Island with a large back yard. That first
There are as many forms of container gardening as there are containers and gardeners, no right way, probably a few wrong ways, and in this story, following Frank Sinatra………My Way.
Why container gardening?? Many reasons: lack of garden space,
MARCH
Annuals:
(See also Sweet Peas and Wildflowers)
This is a transition month, from cool-season annuals to warm-season annuals. . . and your possibilities for planting are almost endless.
This is your last chance to get a quick shot of color from
FEBRUARY
Annuals:
(See also Sweet Peas and Wildflowers)
Many cool-season annuals can still be planted this month for a great color display throughout spring. Best choices for sunny areas include pansies, violas, Iceland poppies, English daisy, stock, linaria, flowering
February is usually the coldest and wettest month of the year in Southern California which begs the question………why would I want to garden??
My first, personal answer is that I always love to garden, in particular to grow flowers
Sweet Peas have been a favorite flower of mine since I was a kid, but growing up in New York and living in Pennsylvania much of my adult life, I found Sweet Pea growing to be a real
For summer flowers, there is nothing better than the Dahlia family. Even though I am writing this in January, now is the time to start looking for Dahlias from tubers. You can wait until March 1
December is the perfect month to plant Pansies and their smaller cousins, Violas. Pansies and I have a long history. My Mother, from whom I inherited my love for gardening, planted a long border of Pansies
Cyclamen, which used to be florist specialty plants, have moved to the front of the pack for fall/winter planting, not only in gardens, but especially in containers on patios. Even commercial landscapers are planting masses of Cyclamen. Unlike
