At Navlet's Garden Centers, we love to share our gardening experience and look forward to your visits so we can help keep you informed about timely gardening tasks. Between store visits, however, you can check this website periodically for seasonal tips and advice on garden care.
| TIMELY TIPS FOR THIS MONTH: |
Begin Pruning Rose
Bushes
Typically when pruning roses, we recommend finding an “outside bud” (positioned on the stem facing away from the center of the plant) and cut just above that to promote outward growth. At this time of year, however, buds have not yet appeared. For now, simply prune the bush to a uniform height. In February, when the buds appear, you can finish the task. January is also when you want to strip all remaining foliage from last year. Be sure to remove the debris from under the bush, then apply dormant spray.
Typically when pruning roses, we recommend finding an “outside bud” (positioned on the stem facing away from the center of the plant) and cut just above that to promote outward growth. At this time of year, however, buds have not yet appeared. For now, simply prune the bush to a uniform height. In February, when the buds appear, you can finish the task. January is also when you want to strip all remaining foliage from last year. Be sure to remove the debris from under the bush, then apply dormant spray.
Plant Winter Vegetables
This is an excellent time to plant perennial vegetables like Rhubarb, Artichokes, Asparagus, and others. Besides provide garden-fresh veggies, plants like Rhubarb and Artichokes, with their vivid green, red, and gray foliage, make attractive container plants. You can enhance the impact by planting Pansies, Violas, Primrose, and other seasonal flowers in the same container.
This is an excellent time to plant perennial vegetables like Rhubarb, Artichokes, Asparagus, and others. Besides provide garden-fresh veggies, plants like Rhubarb and Artichokes, with their vivid green, red, and gray foliage, make attractive container plants. You can enhance the impact by planting Pansies, Violas, Primrose, and other seasonal flowers in the same container.
Fertilize Pruned
Crape Myrtles
Those spectacular Crape Myrtle blossoms occur on each season’s new branches, so it is important to encourage as much new growth as possible. This is why the right mix of pruning and fertilizing is critical. After pruning, we encourage you to feed your Crape Myrtles with GreenAll 16-16-16 Multi-Purpose Plant & Lawn Food. A trick to determining how much fertilizer to use is to measure the tree’s diameter at two feet above ground level, then apply 1/2 pound of fertilizer per one inch in diameter.
Those spectacular Crape Myrtle blossoms occur on each season’s new branches, so it is important to encourage as much new growth as possible. This is why the right mix of pruning and fertilizing is critical. After pruning, we encourage you to feed your Crape Myrtles with GreenAll 16-16-16 Multi-Purpose Plant & Lawn Food. A trick to determining how much fertilizer to use is to measure the tree’s diameter at two feet above ground level, then apply 1/2 pound of fertilizer per one inch in diameter.
Pick-up Spent Camellia
Blossoms
It’s a good idea to remove any spent (wilted and brown) Camellia blossoms, particularly those that have fallen to the ground. This will help prevent Camellia Petal Blight, which is caused by an organism that overwinters in the ground and flourishes with the organic cover provided by old blossoms. The blight causes the center of healthy flowers to rot.
It’s a good idea to remove any spent (wilted and brown) Camellia blossoms, particularly those that have fallen to the ground. This will help prevent Camellia Petal Blight, which is caused by an organism that overwinters in the ground and flourishes with the organic cover provided by old blossoms. The blight causes the center of healthy flowers to rot.
