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  October Gardening Calendar – 2022 As the gardening calendar turns to October the fall season begins to unfold with beautiful cooler weather and the start of seasonal color changes. The season brings all of us gardener’s wonderful cooler weather to get out in our garden and perform our October gardening calendar tasks. I would like to mention a few gardening tips for the month of October. Plant New Shrubs, Trees, and Perennials: Have you been thinking about replacing a few shrubs that just did not quite get established in the landscape or just need to be replaced, or planting a new shade or flowering tree that you just cannot live without in your landscape? Now, is the time to start thinking about making that purchase? The fall season is an excellent time to add new shrubs, trees, and perennials to your landscape. This time of year, will let your newly planted shrubs, trees, and perennials to get a head start by developing and establishing new root growth in the soil. Garden ...

September Gardening Calendar Check flowerbeds for pooped-out perennials such as Purple Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, and Shasta Daisy. Trim dead flower heads and brown leaves for fall. Fertilize Chrysanthemums and Salvia with a liquid plant food. You will be rewarded with blooms later in the fall. Chrysanthemums, Pansy, Viola, and Snapdragons provide winter color through the spring and should be available by mid-September at garden centers. For a complete list of Fall Color Annuals. Click Here For More Information. For spring blooms plant Bluebonnet and Poppy seeds. Now is the time to divide Monkey Grass, Iris, and Daylily while the weather is still warm.  Are you planning to bring your Tropical Hibiscus in this winter? Place in a sunny window. Preserve excess Basil leaves by pureeing in a blender with ¼ cup of water. Pour the mixture in ice trays and use the cubes in your wintertime Italian dishes. Spring-flowering bulbs should be on sale. Plan to...

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Fall Bulbs As the Labor Day Weekend comes to a close that is our signal that the fall season will be coming very soon. We as gardeners know that we have a mental list of gardening duties to perform before the fall season ends. One of the gardening duties would be to plan ahead for planting fall bulbs in your garden. Fall bulbs are sold only for a limited time during the season and should be purchased in advance because a few of the bulbs mentioned require to be chilled in the refrigerator before planting, if you reside in USDA zones 11, 10, and 9. Crocus, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Daffodils, and Paperwhites all require 4 to 6 weeks of chilling. Tulips require 8 weeks of chilling. Bulbs are easy to plant and give you wonderful spring color. Anemone. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Height: 10 – 15”. Planting Requirements: 2 “deep at 3 – 4” apart planting on their sides. Soak the tubers over night before planting and water well after planting. Planting months are fr...

Fall Color Annuals Before we know it the arrival of fall will be on the horizon and with this in mind I would like to mention planting fall color annuals. When we as gardeners think about the season of fall, images come to us such as cooler temperatures, Halloween, fall vegetables, and fall color annuals. Picture on the right: Pink Dianthus. The beauty of fall color is that you will have color all season long; the plants can withstand freezing temperatures after being established in the garden, and require very little care or maintenance. Fall color can be used even if you only have a patio or porch. The annuals do beautifully in containers to give you a bit of color in your outdoor living spaces. For the annuals to be effective I prefer to plant masses of solid colors, and there is nothing more spectacular than complimentary colors massed together. For example: a mass of bright yellow pansies, and then a mass of dark purp...