Monday, February 18, 2019

Very early planting calendar


Area

Upkeep:

New plantings:

Plans & Dreams
Zone 1 Kuan Yi garden

Some weeding. Pruned a tiny bit. sedum morganianum or Burro’s tail name of hanging cactus. Passion vine & monarchs. (Trim after blooming.) Bougainvillea. Macho fern or Fishtail fern nephrolepsis biserrata.
Hung orchid outside window.
Put coleus in planters there
Ladder? Clean up? Planting outside window
Zone 2 Left garden
Bench&tree
Weeding. Daylilies bloomed all month beautifully in peach. “Sapphire showers” Duranta by door.
10 to 20’ tall. Bloom spring-fall. Foxtail fern
Caladiums & coleus coming up. Purple duranta around door doing OK.Bloom Time:
Late Summer/Early Fall
Bare center strip?
Zone 3 Right garden

May 23 weed ate the tops off the mimosa. Looks nice. Orange tree OK. “Sapphire showers” duranta by door.

Beds messy
City strip

Weeding around mimosa. Golden dewdrop ‘Cuban Gold’ Flor Celeste is holding its own. 2-4’. Blooms spring-fall? Butterfly cassia,10-12’. Fall bloom.
Vincas pooped out totally. Butterfly cassia OK. Society garlic struggling. Duranta struggling.
Mimosa fill in.
Zone 4 Sunflower garden

Keep that sunflower hacked back.
Sedum rupestre
Maybe plant some purple queen there? Or blue porterweed?
Zone 5 Backdoor path,
lemon tree & roses

Blue porterweed coming back. Daylilies bloomed nicely.
Coleus. Sedum rupestre

Zone 6 sunny backyard

Blueberries struggling along ago. Green beans & peas perished. Dark angel dahlia, dahlia hybrid. Blooms summer to fall, full sunn, 12”.
Dark angel dahlia:heather on each side; coleus on each side; purple queen on each side.
Incredibly beautiful hibiscus in center.
Very nice little garden coming along: dahlia, heather, coleus & purple queen. Sweet.
Sedum rupuestre underneath hibiscus.

Zone 6 Shady
Cardboard fern? Zamia furfuracea. 4”. Making come back. Sanseveria trifecta (mother in law’s tongue)
Caladiums coming up. Set up birdbath
?????
Garage mess


Solidify?

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