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What to Plant in November Trees, shrubs, perennials November is the best months to plant trees and shrub. Root evergreen cuttings: boxwood, English ivy, holly, juniper, yew. Flowers Direct seed wildflowers. Plant the bulbs you have chilling in the refrigerator.
What to Plant in December Trees, shrubs, perennials Choose and plant camellias and azaleas. Bare-root roses start appearing in nurseries this month. Shop while selections are good. Choose a living Christmas tree; keep it outside until Christmas week. Dig a hole now to plant after the holidays.
What to Plant in January Trees, shrubs, perennials Bare-root deciduous shrubs and trees are available now. Plant your living Christmas tree. Flowers Plant your bare-root roses. Continue to plant tulips, narcissus, daffodil, and hyacinths for a longer show of blooms in the spring.
What to plant in February Trees, shrubs, perennials Bare-root deciduous shrubs and trees are available now. Roses, grapes, blackberries, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, asparagus, chives, onion sets, green onion plants. Below 2000 ft.: shallots, lettuce, parsley, cabbage family.
What to plant in March Trees, shrubs, perennials Container roses, shrubs and trees. Grapes, cane berries, rhubarb. Flowers Below 2000 ft: Canterbury Bells, Forget-Me-Nots, Foxglove, Pansies, Primula and other available perennials.
What To Plant In April Plant Seed: Beets carrots, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, radish, turnips. Below 2000 ft: corn, lima beans, melons, potatoes, pumpkins, snap beans, summer squash, winter squash (marginal only if weather has warmed). Marigold, zinnia, sunflower (if weather is warm), alyssum.
What to Plant in July Flowers: Direct seed annuals, such as alyssum, celosia, sunflower, zinnias, and marigolds. Vegetables: At higher, cooler elevations, direct seed summer squash, bush beans, summer savory, and kohlrabi.
What to Plant in August Flowers: See winter annuals this month. Sow seeds of perennials in flats or pots for transplanting in October. Try thrift, yarrow, coneflower and salvia.
What to Plant in September Flowers: Sow seeds for columbine, lupine, California poppy. Divide and replant perennials. Transplant cool-weather annuals such as violas, pansies, fairy primroses, calendulas, cyclamen, stock, and snapdragons. Divide and replant bulbs and rhizomes.
What to Plant in October Trees, shrubs, perennials October and November are the best months to plant. Acorns for new oak trees. Acorns do best with 30 days cold treatment.
