Seasonal Landscaping and Gardening Hints For Warm Zones and Cold Zones!

Seasonal Hints - A gardener's work is never done.

JANUARY
Warm Zones
Prune figs and other fruit trees before new growth appears.

Plant hardy vegetables like beets, carrots, radishes, salad greens, horseradish.

Make cuttings of roses, crepe myrtle and hydrangea. Divide phlox that is at least 4 years old.

Cold Zones
Keep bird feeders filled. Force cuttings indoors of forsythia and crabapple.

Remove heavy snow from evergreens. FEBRUARY
Warm Zones
Continue to plant early hardy vegetables plus onion sets and fruit shrubs this month.

Plant roses, perennials, poppies, cosmos and verbena.

Rake and fertilize your lawn if not too wet.

Prune grapevines.

Cold Zones
If you haven't pruned your early flowering shrubs by now, wait until after they bloom before pruning.

Prune grapevines. MARCH
Warm Zones
This is one of your busiest gardening months. Prepare beds for planting. Time to plant asparagus, artichoke and cabbage. Transplant all vegetables started previously in cold frames. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant should be hardened on mild days until all danger of frost has passed.

Plant flowers of all varieties now. Plant bulbs. Protect with mulch.

Fertilize azaleas and camellias after blooming.

Reseed lawns.

Cold Zones
Begin vegetables in hot beds.

Prepare soil as soon as it can be worked.

Plant onion sets, peas, radishes.

Allow perennials to reach 3" before fertilizing.

Prepare lawns for seeding. APRIL
Warm Zones
After all danger of frost has passed, transplant all plants started in cold frames.
Start cuttings in peat moss or sand.

Plant all flower seeds, annuals and perennials now.

Fertilize lawns.

Cold Zones
Hardy vegetables can now be sown directly into garden.

Wait a while longer before starting cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, corn, peppers or okra.

Divide flowering perennials like mums, asters and phlox.

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Seasonal Hints - A gardener's work is never done.
	JANUARY Warm Zones Prune figs and other fruit trees before new growth appears. Plant hardy vegetables like beets, carrots, radishes, salad greens, horseradish. Make cuttings of roses, crepe myrtle and hydrangea. Divide phlox that is at least 4 years old. Cold Zones Keep bird feeders filled. Force cuttings indoors of forsythia and crabapple. Remove heavy snow from evergreens.	FEBRUARY Warm Zones Continue to plant early hardy vegetables plus onion sets and fruit shrubs this month. Plant roses, perennials, poppies, cosmos and verbena. Rake and fertilize your lawn if not too wet. Prune grapevines. Cold Zones If you haven't pruned your early flowering shrubs by now, wait until after they bloom before pruning. Prune grapevines.	MARCH Warm Zones This is one of your busiest gardening months. Prepare beds for planting. Time to plant asparagus, artichoke and cabbage. Transplant all vegetables started previously in cold frames. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant should be hardened on mild days until all danger of frost has passed. Plant flowers of all varieties now. Plant bulbs. Protect with mulch. Fertilize azaleas and camellias after blooming. Reseed lawns. Cold Zones Begin vegetables in hot beds. Prepare soil as soon as it can be worked. Plant onion sets, peas, radishes. Allow perennials to reach 3" before fertilizing. Prepare lawns for seeding.	APRIL Warm Zones After all danger of frost has passed, transplant all plants started in cold frames. Start cuttings in peat moss or sand. Plant all flower seeds, annuals and perennials now. Fertilize lawns. Cold Zones Hardy vegetables can now be sown directly into garden. Wait a while longer before starting cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, corn, peppers or okra. Divide flowering perennials like mums, asters and phlox.