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What to do in your garden this month: January
-Bare-root Plant: Bare-root plants, those sold
without soil around their roots, are a bargain, but
they're also just plain fun! Watching a twiggy stick
turn into a leafy plant never ceases to amaze me!
Plenty of bare-root plants are available this month,
including cane berries, grape and kiwi vines, roses,
stone fruit trees, strawberries and perennial
vegetables such as artichokes, asparagus, and
rhubarb. If you can, plant immediately. If the soil
is too soggy, cover roots with moist soil or plant in
temporary containers.
-Winter Vegetables: It's not too late to start
cool-season crops from seed, though seeds will be
slow to germinate. You can also set out
transplants of lettuces and greens, broccoli,
cabbage, and other cole crops.
-Shrubs, trees, and Natives: Because the next few
months will most likely bring rain, midwinter is a
great time to plant ornamental trees, evergreen
and flowering shrubs, and other landscaping
plants. It's also an excellent time to plant all
California natives, including ceanothus,
fremontodendrons, monkey flowers, and wooly blue
curls.
-Begin dormant-season pruning: Start with roses.
Cut all dead wood, crossing branches, and twiggy
branches, leaving at least three strong canes.
Shorten remaining canes by about one-third. It's
also time to prune deciduous fruit trees. Don't
prune spring-blooming shrubs now; do it after they
flower.
without soil around their roots, are a bargain, but
they're also just plain fun! Watching a twiggy stick
turn into a leafy plant never ceases to amaze me!
Plenty of bare-root plants are available this month,
including cane berries, grape and kiwi vines, roses,
stone fruit trees, strawberries and perennial
vegetables such as artichokes, asparagus, and
rhubarb. If you can, plant immediately. If the soil
is too soggy, cover roots with moist soil or plant in
temporary containers.
-Winter Vegetables: It's not too late to start
cool-season crops from seed, though seeds will be
slow to germinate. You can also set out
transplants of lettuces and greens, broccoli,
cabbage, and other cole crops.
-Shrubs, trees, and Natives: Because the next few
months will most likely bring rain, midwinter is a
great time to plant ornamental trees, evergreen
and flowering shrubs, and other landscaping
plants. It's also an excellent time to plant all
California natives, including ceanothus,
fremontodendrons, monkey flowers, and wooly blue
curls.
-Begin dormant-season pruning: Start with roses.
Cut all dead wood, crossing branches, and twiggy
branches, leaving at least three strong canes.
Shorten remaining canes by about one-third. It's
also time to prune deciduous fruit trees. Don't
prune spring-blooming shrubs now; do it after they
flower.
| Nasturtiums will tumble lazily over rocks and fill up empty spaces...plus they are edible! |
| Bare-root plants literally have no soil around them when you purchase them. |
| Ceanothus |
| California Natives and Perennials |
| Make sure you cut above a leaf stem with at least 5 leaves. |
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