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January in the Garden

Daffodils

Checklist 

• Order seeds for warm-weather flowers.

• Plan your spring garden. Rotate crop location from last year.

• Feed camellias, azaleas, and acid-loving plants at the end of bloom; feed 3 times during the year: early spring, mid-summer, and early fall.

• Check winter vegetables for aphids. A strong blast of water will remove them.

• Apply dormant oil spray to control insect eggs on roses and other deciduous plants.

• Use needles from pine trees as mulch for acid-loving plants.

• Keep ground clean beneath camellias by picking up dead blossoms and leaves.

• Clean up all yard debris to reduce disease transmission

• Begin pruning fruit trees; remove and discard fruit mummies, all old leaves and debris.

• Prune roses, shade trees and other deciduous plants.

• Divide crowded perennials for additional summer blooms.

• Plant citrus trees in warm part of garden; protect them from the wind

Planting Guide

Transplanting Brassicas

Vegetables & Herbs

• Start seeds in a greenhouse or cold frame for onions, cabbage, peas, spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, some lettuces, tomatoes, carrots, chard, and beets.

• Transplant seedlings or purchased plants of cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, some lettuces, shallots, and garlic.

• Harvest Brussels sprouts, cabbage, parsnips, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, rutabaga, and turnips.

• Plant bare-root grapes, strawberries, asparagus, and berries.

Pansies from UC IPM website

Bulbs and Flowers

• Plant pansies, calendula, corms for gladiolus, candytuft, cineraria, dianthus, snapdragon, and viola.

Lemon Tree

Trees & Shrubs

• Plant bare-root roses, citrus trees, shade trees, and living Christmas trees.

• Shop for azaleas and camellias in bloom, and plant them.