Violets Are Meant for Winter Gardens
If you are about to buy a house, it is a good idea to wait a year until doing any new work in the garden. You never know what exotic bulbs might be hiding in the ground, and you never know what that ...
Category Archives: Winter Gardening
December Color in Foliage & Flowers
This month, Valley dwellers have been privileged with the sight of brightly colored foliage on crape myrtle, liquidambar, Modesto ash, ginkgo and Bradford pear trees. This is the result of a cold sna...
Winter Flower Garden
Although winter skies may be overcast and gray, a number of annuals, bulbs and perennials that bloom this time of year will promote a sunny attitude, at least when you step into your garden. However,...
Winter Flower Beds
In Los Angeles, the selection of flowering plants for winter gardens will provide long-lasting color until warmer days arrive in the spring. With adequate pre-planting fertilization, winter-blooming ...
Ornamental Winter Berries
The approach of winter stimulates an interest in botanical appendages that would merit little attention in warmer seasons. At this time of year, just because most plants have ceased flowering does no...
Cold Weather Gardening
Even in subtropical Los Angeles, there is a down time for plants. Despite balmy late-November weather, the shortened days and colder nights signal to plants that dormancy is at hand. For the next eig...
Guilt Free Winter Gardens
Gardeners may take more delight in winter than in spring. Spring is a time of running back and forth, of hectic weekends at the nursery, of frenzied planning and planting, as you determine that this ...
Glorious Ornamental Kale
If you want to see constant color in your garden during the remainder of the fall and throughout the winter, consider planting ornamental cabbage and ornamental kale. Unlike pansies (prone to fungi t...
Certain California natives make worthy winter garden choices
Although most California natives do not start blooming for another month or so, there are some species whose foliage alone makes them worthy garden choices, especially during fall and winter when lea...
From bitter to soft, smooth to spiky, a host of aloes are good for the...
It may be the most visible flowering perennial of the winter season and, as a bonus, is one of the easiest to grow. Its species name means “fierce,” a testament to its spiny foliage, yet ...
