Fresno Gardening Green

Spring planting season begins next month. Work on your garden plans and be ready to start next month.TasksPeruse 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.Peach leaf curl is best controlled…

Winter rains and damp conditions in many parts of California may have brought a surprise visitor to your lawn: mushrooms! A few mushrooms sprouting in your lawn can be a good sign: it means there's plenty of organic matter in the soil. But if patches of mushrooms are sprinkled across your lawn, something…

Roses grow to different heights depending on the variety - from the lower landscape/shrub roses and floribundas to the taller hybrid teas and grandifloras. Keep this in mind when placing roses in your garden.TasksRainfall may not reach areas under eaves and overhangs.  Check soil moisture and apply…

Some of the world’s best fruit tree hybridizers are located here in the Central Valley and the selection of fruit trees available to Central Valley gardeners as bare root stock in January is extensive. Fruit tree hybridizers are consistently developing new heat- and drought-tolerant varieties suitable…

Roses are planted bare root in January or February, but other rose tasks may also be done this month.TasksNew roses of many varieties are featured in magazines and articles - or view them online. Look for those you like, select ones that are suitable for your area, and buy them bare root. Consider the…