November in the Garden

• Purchase frost cloth to protect tender perennials and other plants from frost and/or freezing.
• Be certain that plants are mulched well. At least 2 inches of mulch will help protect plant roots from cold temperatures.
• Select your tulips and hyacinths now. We will pre-chill your bulbs for you in our bulb cooler. Tulips and hyacinth should be planted after Thanksgiving and by the end of December. Plant your daffodils now through mid-January. Mix Bone Meal into soil when planting daffodils.
• Plant winter color such as pansies, violas, dianthus, snapdragons, flowering kale and cabbage. Plant cool season herbs like dill and parsley. Finish dividing and re-planting spring and summer-flowering perennials early November. Plant container trees and shrubs.
• Using a water can, apply a water-soluble fertilizer to newly planted annuals for a quick start.
• Trim perennials back to the ground as they go dormant. Trim tender perennials such as bananas, firebush, Mexican heather, Mexican bush sage and lantanas after the first freeze, then mulch them well to protect from cold.