Flower Gardens Southern California
Flower Gardens Southern California
February Gardening Tips for Southern California
February weather can be a big question mark. The month can bring an abundance of warm, spring-type weather or rain soaked, wintery days. Regardless of temperature and moisture variations, gardeners can get a jump on their spring gardens by planting a variety of flowers and vegetables in February.
Summer Bulbs: Time to pull out summer bulbs from the refrigerator and plant them. These bulbs include tulips, crocus, amaryllis, daffodils and delphiniums. Some bulbs can be purchased and planted without the chilling process and should be in stock at nurseries. They include Dutch Iris, lily, gladiolus and begonia.
Plant Vegetables: Warmer temperatures give gardeners the green light to plant asparagus, onions, beets, Brussels sprouts, cilantro, chives, lettuce, rutabaga and morrow squash. These hardy plants can withstand a quick blast of cold temperatures and still grow vigorously. In warmer inland areas, plant tomatoes at the end of the month. Fruit will appear by Memorial Day.
Save Money, Plant From Seed: One easy way to save money in the garden This Year is to plant from seed instead of buying mature plants from the nursery. Flower Seeds that can be planted now for spring and summer-blooms include Bachelor buttons, California poppy, larkspur and wildflowers.
Plant An Herb Garden: Mild winters enable Southern California gardeners to begin planting herbs in February. Plant chive, cilantro, dill, fennel, mint and parsley even if more rain is in the forecast.
Tackle Weeds Now: Rain promotes winter weeds. Remove weeds with a hoe before they get too big. Don’t put weeds in a compost pile. If you do, the resulting mulch will spread weed seeds throughout your garden.
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Best flowers/fruits/vegetables to grow in southern california right now?
I’m gonna plant a garden this week and I would like to know what seeds/plants to buy for the most successful garden possible in Southern California. I’m not sure if April is the best time but it’s pretty warm here!
Thanks for reading, and thanks a lot if you answered :]
Hi – I live in So Cal too, and I’m a gardener and a florist. Almost anything is good right now to plant. We are so blessed to have an environment that almost anything will grow.
If your looking for an English garden look, I went with
Hydrangea (potted) – water a lot
Lavender (potted) – can handle dry soil
Snap dragons (in a packet) – can handle being on the dry side
Iris’ (bulb) – likes moist soil
Crocus and freesia (funny sorta bulb) moist soil needed
Zinnia’s (seeds) – LOVES Miracle Grow!!!! Gets huge on this stuff!!! and when the flower dies, take the head and smush it in your hand and you’ll see seeds so plant them also.
Just about anything will love our weather right now, even suculant they like to be on the dry side.
I think things that are already mature are easier to manage than seeds, I haven’t had a lot of luck with them except with zinnia seeds.
When I started really educating myself, I went to Rogers Gardens in Corona Del Mar for classes on gardening. Also Armstrong’s will educate you really well. I went last week, and told them an area I wanted to plant something funky, how much sun it would get, that I didn’t have a lot of time to water, and WOW they totally helped me out. I mean I know a lot but I wanted something unique in this one place in my garden.
One thing I know about gardening is water, water water. Hope I helped a bit. God Bless
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