The North
Clumps of dahlia tuber may be plant in boxes of dirt or backbone . If the novel shoots are broken from the tuber when they are 2 or 3 inches high and pot in light , arenaceous loam , they will soon settle . From 25 to 50 cuttings may be obtained from the average thud . Keep them indoors until the peril of frost is over .
Berried shrubsare one of the most decorative features of the garden during the winter . Altho the birds corrode many of the berries , the Regel Privet , the lbota Privet , the European Privet , the Japanese Barberry , the arrowwood , the European Cranberrybush , the nursemaid - berry , the snowberry , and the coralberry may be count on for the entire wintertime .
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Winter pruningof hydrangeas , rose , and tardy - summertime - blooming shrub should be done this month before the spring haste beginning .
Grapevinesshould be pruned this calendar month if you do not want them to run . The bleeding does not do a smashing softwood of trauma , but it does interest most people .
tree diagram - pruningshould be done with a proverb . trim down off all branches wealthy at the point they arise and do not forget nub . A shallow byword - swing from beneath will prevent the barque from being torn . seal off the lesion at once with a good sealing mathematical product . All stubs from late pruning efforts should be cut off . A stub invite decay .
digitalis and Canterbury - bellsmay still face fine in northern gardens . They do not winterkill until early March . A minuscule shade will help them .
Astilbe . leverage source of the Herbaceous Spirea , or Astilbe . send them in large pots ; keep them in the cellar until they have started growth and a new root word organisation . Then bring them up into a cheery window . Be sure to water them at least once a day , as they are always thirsty
Seed - sowing . By the end of the month seeds of the annual and perennials can be sown indoors in boxes , but do n’t let them dry out out .
Window Boxes . Evergreens that are planted in windowpane boxes will ask water even in freezing weather . Many of them will survive thru the winter and can be planted in the open soil in leaping .
Garlandflower(Daphne cneorum)should be covered with a box to protect the leafage from the sun , but be certain to placeastone under a recession to give it air .
Sunny Weather . In sunny weather keep your eyes open for blooms of poof and English Daisies in cold - form , for crocus , snowdrops , and winter - aconite , in lawn or rock garden , for skunkcabbage in the woods , for spicy - fowl , and for groundhogs .
House Plants . Take the house plant to the bathing tub sometime this calendar month , and give the leave-taking a good scrubbing to exempt them fron dirt and junk . recollect that the leave-taking have breathing pores , which must be kept open .
Rhubarb . If you will set a barrel over a thump of rhubarb plant , or bank it with fresh manure , you will be able to have pieplant pie and sauce earlier than your neighbors .
Rodents . Watch out for mouse and rabbits around fruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , and protect with conducting wire netting or tin if necessary .
Lily - of - the - vale . Purchase lily - of - the - vale pips from your seedsman or florist ; pot them in stain , sand , or peatmoss . Keep them well - water , and typeset them in the warm place in the home — even on top of a heating venthole . They will bloom in a few week . The roots when dig from the garden rarely salad days , as the commercial grower of lily - of - the - valley
The West Coast
It ’s spring on the Southern Pacific Coast . Many of the wildflowers are in full flower ; theperennials are growingrapidly , and roses , violets , Sweet Peas , and other daffodils are showing color .
rose . If in planting rosebush this calendar month the roots are dry , soak them in water for several hour . Then if the roots are puddled by dip in mud , they will start more quickly .
Most annual may be sow in in the open ground this calendar month . In the dusty regions , it may be best to sow the seeds in boxes indoors and transplant them later .
Planting . Plant out foxgloves , snapdragon , columbines , carnations , Canterbury - bells , verbena , Shasta Daisies , stock , Virginian - blood line , and Pent - stemon .
graft Perennials . Many perennials can now be part and transplanted .
Marguerite Daisiesshould be pruned back severely so that they may start a new growth immediately .
Blue Bush Lupine . Have you point out the sky - blue flowers of Blue Bush Lupine,(Lupinus longifolius),which has been in bloom all winter?The Monterey Pine(Pinus radiata)is an idealistic evergreen plant for found where a quick issue is need , either for group or single specimen .
evergreen plant . Leaves of newly plant evergreen plant should be sprayed with water on raging , dry days .
Pruning . All the rattling earnest , vigorous garden - pruning should be finished by this time , but as soon as the flowering shrubs have fetch up blossom , they should be prune immediately .
The South
See preeminence for the West Coast .
Soil . Get it quick for outpouring planting .
Pruneout the drained wood of shrubbery and cut back any shrubs or vine that have grown out of limit . dress shadiness Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
Rosescan be planted in the climate of Atlanta , Georgia , and anywhere south of this . Do not fertilize roses the first twelvemonth after plant out in Texas .
Annualsmay be sow , but it is good to protect them with a muslin form .
Plant perennialsas soon as possible this month or next .
Raised Beds . Annuals , perennials , and - vegetables had better be institute in raised bed to provide drain from hard rain , in the part of New Orleans .
Dutch bulbscan be planted ahead of time this month in the part of Vicksburg , Mississippi .
Rosescan be prune this calendar month . In Texas do not prune before the end of the calendar month .
Hardy vegetablescan be plant in southern sections near the Gulf by the middle of the month .
New lawns , sown last fall , need another program of plant life food .
sens seedcan be sow in Tennessee this month .
Fuchsias . At the base of the fuchsia , there will be many new shoot which will be very useful for making cuttings .
Showy Pelargoniums . Shape up plants by pinching off the tenacious shoots .
Frost - Protectors . Have you organise any method acting of preventing hoarfrost injury to your early set plants ? you could apply pasteboard boxes , peach baskets , and other make - shimmy protectors , but a number of manufacture article are far more sightly and commodious .
Where Grass Will Not mature . The New Orleans Garden Society advises that the following plant are successful in hard knocks where grass will not grow : English Ivy , wandering - jew , bugle(Aju - ga),snakebeard(Ophiopogon),European Catnip{Nepeta),ferns , wild strawberries , oxalis .
