California Top 10 Garden Guide: The 10 Best Roses, 10 Best Trees--the 10 Best of Everything You Need - The Plants Most Likely to Thrive in Your Garden - Your 10 Most Important Tasks in the Garden Each MonthGeared toward a new generation of California gardeners, this user-friendly guide is one of the first in a ground-breaking new Sunset series. It covers all categories and regional varieties, focusing on readily available plants that deliver optimal results with easy-to-understand selection and growing instructions. Includes a Calendar of Top 10 Tasks for each season with tips on pruning trees, feeding citrus, planting bare-root roses, and more. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photos and backed up by specific how-to instructions and illustrations, it provides all the resources to create a thriving garden in the Golden State. Edited by Sunset magazine senior garden editor Kathleen N. Brenzel. |
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... bulb evolution . For gardeners , it means that these plants possess one general trait : toughness . BULB TYPES In general gardening parlance , five different structures are commonly called bulbs . TRUE BULB The common onion is a perfect ...
... bulbs are widely available as early as September and continuing into January . In general , buy and plant bulbs as early as possible . The earlier you plant , the better the first - year performance will be , as roots grow actively ...
... bulbs in August , but wait until late September or October to plant and water them . However , if bulbs have begun to sprout , plant and water them immediately . Dig a hole two to three times deeper than the height of the bulb . Plant ...