Months of June and July Gardening Tasks
By June, all your flowers and vegetables should be planted, unless you live where there is a very late frost danger. Maintaining and encouraging growth and bearing are your ... read article
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Vacation Care of Plants
Madeleine writes: I'll be gone soon for 1 month to Cape May, New Jersey. I have all the African violets and babies on wicks and are doing just fine. I have a few Kalanchoes and Begonias that ... read article
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Spring Planting
Roxie writes: Next year I want to buy already started pansy and viola plants and put them in my garden. I live in South Carolina. Will they do better than my seeds this year? A. Plant them as soon after ... read article
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Months of September and October Gardening Tasks
Part I Fall is the time to invest in your future flowering garden beds. Go through the annuals which have done well for you and harvest their seeds. Look for dried flowers ... read article
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Seed Sowing Time
The first two weeks of March is a good time for seed sowing. If you start any earlier, I find that the seedlings get too straggly. If too late, you have delayed getting them into your garden beds of ... read article
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Planting Times
Q. I bought some caladiums, glads, freesia, and some elephant ears. When do I plant each one? A. I do not know where you live, but if the States, you can go ahead and plant these now [late April]. The ... read article
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Overwintering
Jane writes: have a cape fuchsia. I do not know the technical name for it and a Lantana. Can I overwinter them? The fuchsia has lost most of its leaves but seems to be getting new ones should I cut it ... read article
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Month of September Gardening Tasks
It is best to stop fertilizing all your perennial plants and trees in September. You want the stems and foliage to gradually harden off to prepare them for early frosts. If you continue ... read article
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Month of May Gardening Tasks
Thin your vegetable seedlings when they are 3" tall to prevent overcrowding and possible stunted growth. Sow vegetables in successive intervals to prolong your harvest season. Examples ... read article
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Month of August Gardening Tips
Don't Prune Woody Plants After August As trees and shrubs head into fall, they begin a hardening process that is necessary for their protection during the winter months. Deciduous plants ... read article
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Month of April Gardening Tasks
Treat acid-loving plants such as azaleas, camellias, and rhododendrons with an acidifying fertilizer [read the label]. When roses start to leaf out, spray them with a natural fungicide such ... read article
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Late Winter Cutting of Trees and Shrubs
This is a busy time of year in the garden. For those of you who maintain trees and shrubs, late winter is the best time for pruning many of them. But how do you know what to cut, ... read article
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Late Spring Gardening Hints
The time to increase your number of plants which you particularly like by taking stem cuttings is in the late spring or early summer. This is easy to do, following this: Take only fresh, ... read article
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Hardiness Zones for USA, Canada and Mexico
Q. I have no idea what 'zone' I garden it! Where or how do I find out? A. This is an excellent map for you to look at: Hardiness Zones for USA, Canada and Mexico read article
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