Fresno Gardening Green

Ornamental and fruit-bearing trees will begin to bloom this month in home gardens and along the Blossom Trail in eastern Fresno County. Tasks Check your sprinklers and turn them off when the amount of rain permits. Make sure trees are getting enough water.

Stepping into the garden and seeing beautiful flowers, hearing birds sing and feeling the pride of accomplishment are even better when combined with the earthy, spicy, sweet and astringent scents of carefully selected fragrant plants.

Spring planting season begins next month. Work on your garden plans and be ready to start next month. Tasks Peruse seed catalogs looking for disease resistant strains. Shop now for bare root grape and berry vines. Deeply water trees and native plants if rainfall has been light.

Now that the holidays are behind us, many gardeners are turning their attention to the New Year and their high hopes for a bountiful backyard harvest.

Roses grow to different heights depending on the variety - from the lower landscape/shrub roses and floribundas to the taller hybrid tea and grandifloras. Keep this in mind when placing roses in your garden. Tasks Rainfall may not reach areas under eaves and overhangs.