Parkview Nursery - Monthly Garden Guide

January

Prune roses, deciduous fruit and ornamental trees. Don’t prune spring blooming plants, flowering cherries, or camellias; wait until they have finished blooming before pruning them.
Spring will be here soon! Start planning your flower and vegetable gardens, and landscape improvement projects.
Apply a dormant spray to fruit trees and roses to prevent insect and disease problems.
Summer-blooming bulbs (Gladiolus and Dahlias) are arriving in January, so be sure to plant some of these beautiful flowers.

Fruit trees, berries, and roses are here!
Valentine’s Day is February 14^th! We have beautiful house and flowering garden plants that will provide years of sweet, fragrant flowers for your special sweetheart.

Begin dressing up your yard with our new shrubs, groundcovers, trees, and annual and perennial flowers. Add fresh colorful flowers to bare and colorless areas.
Plant Spring vegetables!
Fight back against slugs and snails to reduce plant damage. Apply Sluggo, which is pet safe and protects your yard against slimy invaders.
Give drip irrigation systems a spring tune-up. Clean filters by flushing out sediment under running water, and clean or replace emitters.
Mow or prune groundcover to rejuvenate them. Set your mower 3’-5’, mow, and then fertilize and add water.

It’s Spring planting time! Now is the time to plant both edible and ornament plants to create a more beautiful yard and home.
Fertilize your plants now if you didn’t’ last month.
Release some of our ladybugs to help control pests safely and naturally. We also carry organic pesticides to safely remove harmful insects.
Prune all flowering ornamental trees and shrubs after they bloom.

It’s planting time! Browse the nursery and pick out some fresh flowers and delicious edibles.
We have beautiful roses for every need, from hybrid tea, grandiflora, floribunda, tree roses, and climbers.
Plant herbs near your kitchen so you can easily pick what you need, even while cooking.
Fertilize lawns to keep them green and thick.
Stake all plants, like tomatoes and hollyhocks.

We are stocked full of blooming plants that thrive in the warmer weather ahead.
This is the perfect time to plant warm season vegetables! Feed growing vegetables with EB Stone Organic Tomato and Vegetable Food.
Check your irrigation system now to prepare for warmer months ahead. Turn it on, make sure all heads are adjusted properly and are not block by foliage.
Prune plants this month to cause them to grow fuller, and with more blooms. This works for most plants but is especially important for petunias, fuchsias, and chrysanthemums.
House plants are growing vigorously now, so be sure you are feeding them regularly.

Enjoy the season and all the bountifully food and flowers that your garden provides.
Trim off flowers that are past their prime to keep annuals and other plants blooming longer.
Mulch flower and vegetable beds to reduce water usage, protect roots, keep out weeds, and make your garden look more attractive.
Use gorgeous hanging baskets to decorate your entryways and patio.
Check your lawn for brown spots. These may be the result of too little water, improper fertilizing, or insects. Bring in a sample if you don’t know what is causing the problem.

Freshen up flower beds with plants that love the heat, such as zinnias, marigolds, lantana, geraniums, portulaca, and salvia.
Flowers to plant in late summer and early fall are sedum, rudbeckia, asters, impateiens, marigolds, cosmos, and zinnia.
Our Crape Myrtles are starting to bloom and they are gorgeous. Plant them where they will get lots of heat.
Be water wise! Mulch any bare areas that you didn’t earlier this year or whenever the mulch is less than 2 inches thick.
Continue feeding vegetable with EB Stone Organic Fertilizer and replace vegetables which have stopped producing.

Plant chrysanthemums and other fall flowers to accent prominent spots around your home. These beautiful flowering plants really are perfect for fall yard decorations.
Roses will respond well to a little care this time of year. Feed EB Stone Organic Rose Food, water, and cut off flowers that have already bloomed.
Conserve water by planting sections of California native plants and succulents in your garden.
Plant early flowering sweet peas and you’ll have masses of these beauties in the fall and winter.

Roses bloom gloriously in the fall and often have the best display this time of year. Fertilize and top-dress with organic material to keep the soil alive.
This is the best time of year to repair bare lawn spots, as well as starting a new lawn.
Plant perennials and California native plants which use less water and will be established by next year.

Plant bulbs now for a winter and spring garden. We have a great supply of bulbs for both indoor and outdoor gardens.
Sasanqua camellias are starting to bloom this time of year. These are beautiful and dependable winter bloomers.
Spray peaches and nectarines after their leaves have dropped to prevent leaf curl from infecting them next year.
Keep bird feeders well stocked to provide birds with extra food during the lean winter months.

Clean out weeds and apply a new layer of mulch. This results in fewer weeds and gives your garden a well-tended look.
Rake up fallen leaves often so they don’t smother lawn areas or start to rot on a wooden deck.
Pick up a free rose list so you can start planning your garden for next year. Our roses and fruit trees start arriving the week before Christmas.