Tuesday, February 14, 2012

February garden tips

On February 14th plant nasturtium and cut back roses. Do your dormant spraying. Dormant spray consist of Lime Sulphur and Dormant oil in equal parts.  Use directions on bottle to acquire correct proportions to amount of water.
Add lime to soil if you have moss. Cut back butterfly bush by 1/3.

January garden tips

Add aluminum sulfate now to  your hydrangeas for blue hydrangeas or add lime to for pink hydrangeas. In the green house start cuttings of geraniums and lantana & sow seeds of inpatients, petunia and begonia. Feed winter annuals with 888 and water regularly until there is substantial rainfall.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Spring already

It is 72 degrees today and things are popping up.  Not sure what this it.




Winter

Rosemary and pansies