Articles related to "Winter Planting"



Fall Transitions
Frost is coming! What should we do?
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Florida Plant Care -- Winterizing
In warm climates such as South Florida, there's no better time to get your plants ready and healthy for winter than in the summer and early fall.
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THE WINTER PLANTS.
Plants for the winter garden.

Why Do Plants Need Snow?
Snow and ice traditionally cover many northern Winter landscapes; many plants survive these harsh Winter conditions and produce new growth in the Spring.
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WINTER HAS ARRIVED.
Winter has arrived in the garden and the winter flowering plants are all in bloom
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Winter in the Vegetable Garden
Winter in the organic vegetable garden is a time of reflection and rest, but you can also engage in limited planting and extensive planning.
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Winter Planting for Spring Blooms
Planting spring bulbs in winter will ensure colorful gardens in Spring. Choose the correct bulbs and select a suitable bulb planting area for best garden results.
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Winter Sowing in the Organic Garden
Organic gardeners can experiment with winter sowing methods to start seeds of hardy vegetables, flowers, and cover crops outdoors; no greenhouse is required.
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Winter Tasks in the Flower Garden
Don't stop caring for your roses, bulbs, and perennials when the first snow flies. They require your occasional presence to ensure a glorious spring performance.
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Wintering Plants in Pots
I don't know about you, but I keep a lot of plants in pots. I'm not just talking about houseplants or seasonal annuals, but plants that would be hardy in my USDA zone 7 garden - if they were in the ground. This week, I'll tell you how I've wintered plants in pots.
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Wintering Plants in Pots - Part 2
Cold frames of some sort are an indispensable part of gardening once you get into propagation of any kind. This week, I'll tell you about some of the kinds of frames I've used to protect my hardy potted plants over the winter.
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Wintering Plants Indoors
Don't let your tropical and subtropical plants die, try wintering them indoors for a head start next season!
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Winter Gardening
Birdhouses, nesting boxes, bulbs, roses, evergreens, trees, shrubs and perennial beds all need attention.
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Texas Winter Gardening for Color
Add a bit of color to the winter landscape and garden with cold-tolerant flowers and shrubs. Winter landscapes in Texas do not have to be gray.
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Home Landscape Design For Winter Gardens
Consider home garden designs to include interesting and colorful trees, shrubs and even vegetable plants that need little winter care and bring ife to the cold months.
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Adorable Alpines
Easy to grow alpines for the open garden
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Ever Green .... Color for Fall and Winter
Don't put your garden trowel away just yet! There is a surprising variety of plants that will add wonderful color and texture to your fall and winter garden.
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Growing Shrubs and Perennials in Containers
Growing permanent plants in containers
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Much ado about mulch
Mulching garden beds with leaves protects perennial plants from the freeze and thaw cycles so typical of our southern Ontario climate.
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Special Frost Protection for Special Plants
You can lug large container plants into the greenhouse or garage for the winter, or you can provide each plant with frost protection right where it lives.
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What am I going to do all winter???
Spend your winter growing yourself as a gardener! If you're lucky you'll be so busy with this that spring will come before you're even ready.
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Winter Garden Clean Up
Before you leave your garden for the winter, make sure you've done a thorough clean up to prevent problems in the spring.
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Winter Ground Covers and Vines
The garden landscape can seem bare during the winter but with these rambling or spreading perennial plants you can have year round interest.
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Beautiful Winter Flowers
Let's examine a some of the winter blooming plants that we can add to our gardens to create that year round beauty and interest. Add some winter color and excitement!
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Give 'Em a Haircut and Start Over
Another way to keep tender plants over winter for the next growing season. Maybe it will solve problems for you as it did for me.
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Not too late for fall vegetables
Make some room in the garden for your autumn vegetables. These varieties will provide bounty well into the winter!
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November Plant Gallery
Plants to brighten up the dull days of November, together with colour photos, description and cultivation requirements.
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Protecting Harvest from Frost in Organic Gardens
Early Fall frosts can decimate crops such as tomatoes and peppers. Use row covers to create a warm micro-climate.
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Using Plants for Winter Interest
Learn the many ways to create interest in the garden landscape even during the winter months. Use some of these techniques for year round beauty.
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Winter and Holiday Themed Plants
There are so many fun ways to enjoy winter in the garden year-round including planting some of these winter themed plants.
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Winter Garden Tasks and Plant Care
Autumn and Winter months signal a dormant time in the garden but gardeners don't have to hibernate as well. These are fall and winter tasks to care for garden plants.
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Winter Interest Plants, Part I- My Favorite Winter Shrubs
Here are a few of my favorite winter interest shrubs and why I like them. Could they have a place in your winter garden?
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How to Protect Plants in the Winter
Protecting plants during the winter is vital to insure healthy plants next Spring. Frosts, freezing temperatures and rain can injure plants if they are not protected.
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The First Day of Autumn 2001 in Western Australia
A short piece about the garden in early autumn.
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Gardening Seed Starting Choices
With all of the advantages from starting beautiful gardens from seed it is no wonder that more gardeners are using seeds to start plants.
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Saving Plant Seeds
Helpful advice for the begining seed saver on which plants to start with and how best to harvest, prepare and save the seeds.
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Danger Lurks in the Spring Garden
We've grown soft and complacent over the winter and may have forgotten that it's a jungle out there - and will be until we've managed all of the seemingly endless spring gardening chores. As glad as we are to be back in our gardens, this early time in the season can be overwhelming, sometimes frustrating and perhaps a bit of a guilt trip for some of us. And that's before we get to the actual aches and pains resulting from unused gardening muscles. So here are the dangers that lurk as well as the ways you can fight back and have an enjoyable gardening season.
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Holiday Decorating Ideas
Decorating for the holidays can be fun and easy, especially with all the great accessories that are available.
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Tips for Optimal Frugal Summer Gardening
Creating a beautiful garden plot can be expensive, especially if the yard is large and plants have to be replaced. Here are a few ideas for making a dollar go further.
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A Gardener's Brief Guide to Plant Hardiness
Find out more about what plant hardiness means and how to improve it in your garden.
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Buying Dwarfing or Semi-Dwarfing Apple Trees
An awareness about how apple tree rootstocks affect the size of apple trees will help gardeners buying dwarfing or semi-dwarfing apple trees to plant out in fall/winter.
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Christmas Tips and Ideas
The guiding principles behind a debt-free holiday season. Includes links to the best articles on Christmas savings on the web.
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Cool Season Containers
Cool season annual flowers bloom into late fall and earliest spring and sometimes flower all winter. Ideal in pots or planters by the door, walk or mailbox.
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June in the year 2001 - in the hills of Western Australia
A short piece about some of the gardening jobs in June in Western Australia.
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Mulch Your Organic Garden with Falling Leaves
Losing leaves helps a tree go dormant and survive winter. These same leaves can help your plants survive winter and improve the garden soil.
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Outdoor Winter Day Activities
List of fifty fun activities for children outside in winter.
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Selecting and Caring for Poinsettias
Poinsettias are more popular at Christmas than during any other season of the year. However, too many people throw out their poinsettias along with their Christmas trees.
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The God finger plant.
The God finger plant meets The Merry Widow; what is this man on about now?
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A Winter Garden
There are many choices available to provide color, texture, form and berries for your winter container garden.
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Container Gardening (part two)
Discover all sorts of plants for the perfect containers as well as themes and style suggestions. This is the second part of a two-part article.
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