What’s in Bloom & Plant Hotline

Select a month below to see what's in bloom this season at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

What's in Bloom by Month

January

Dendrobium spectabile
- Scientific Name: Dendrobium spectabile
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: The grotesquely twisted and undulating flowers of Dendrobium spectabile never fail to provoke comments from visitors. A large plant, but easily grown given year-round warmth and moisture.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Gnetum gnemon
- Scientific Name: Gnetum gnemon
- Family: Gnetaceae
- Information: Gnetums occur in both the old and new world tropics and grow as both trees and climbing vines. The leaves of both the Asian and African species are prepared as a cooked vegetable, while in Southeast Asia the fruits are cooked and eaten like popcorn.
- Garden Location: Tropical Rotunda
Japanese Camellia
- Common Name: Japanese Camellia
- Scientific Name: Camellia japonica ‘Little Slam’
- Family: Camellia japonica
- Information: A cultivar of horticultural origin from the species Camellia japonica from Japan. The Garden’s plant is about 8′ tall by 6′ wide, and could mature at 10′ by 10′.
Japanese Rice Paper Plant
- Common Name: Japanese Rice Paper Plant
- Scientific Name: Edgeworthia chrysantha
- Information: One of the many winter-flowering plants at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Japanese Rice Paper plant is smothered with fragrant, bright yellow flowers in late January and February. Reaching a height of six feet, its large leaves lend a tropical look to the shade garden. The bark of the plant is used to make banknote paper in Japan.
Mahonia hybrid
- Common Name: Mahonia hybrid
- Scientific Name: Mahonia x media
- Family: Berberidaceae
- Huge flower clusters (up to 24 inches) of bright yellow flowers top these sturdy evergreen shrubs. Great for the dry shade garden, the flowers are followed by brilliant blue fruits.
Rosy Periwinkle
- Common Name: Rosy Periwinkle
- Scientific Name: Catharanthus roseus
- Family: Apocynaceae
- Information: Source of alkaloids (vincristine and vinblastine) used in the treatment of some forms of leukemia such as Hodgkin’s Disease
- Garden Location: Desert House

February

Cattleya amethystoglossa
- Scientific Name: Cattleya amethystoglossa
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: The largest of the Cattleyas, this Brazilian species produces stems up to 40 inches tall. The flowers are creamy white suffused with rose and spotted with magenta. Our plants flower every year on or near Valentine’s Day.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Japanese Pussy Willow
- Common Name: Japanese Pussy Willow
- Scientific Name: Salix chaenomeloides
- Family: Salicaceae
- Information: A fast-growing, deciduous, winter-flowering willow, with fuzzy white inflorescences (yellow on male plants). Grow in moist conditions in sun to part shade.
- Garden Location: Trustees Garden
Nun’s Orchid
- Common Name: Nun’s Orchid
- Scientific Name: Phaius tankervillae
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: This large terrestrial orchid performs well in cultivation, but is really only suitable for growers with ample space. A mature plant in a 5 gallon pot may produce multiple spikes reaching 3 inches, each bearing up to 30 flowers.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Schomburgkia splendida
- Scientific Name: Schomburgkia splendida
- Family: Salicaceae
- Information: A robust epiphyte occurring in sunny exposed locations. Mature specimens can become quite large and make a riveting display in full spike. Flower spikes may reach 3 to 6 feet and produce up to 15 shiny black and rose-colored flowers.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Witchhazel
- Common Name: Witchhazel
- Scientific Name: Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’
- Family: Hamamelidaceae
- Information: These large, deciduous shrubs brighten the winter landscape with their yellow fragrant flowers. This is an Asian relative of our native Hamamelis, which was used to produce witchhazel, an astringent.
Yulan Magnolia
- Common Name: Yulan Magnolia
- Scientific Name: Magnolia denudate
- Family: Mgnoliaceae
- Information: A large, upright, deciduous tree with white flowers in late winter/early spring. Flowers can handle cold temperatures well, unlike some other early-flowering magnolias.

March

Algerian Iris
- Common Name: Algerian Iris
- Scientific Name: Iris ungicularis
- Family: Iridaceae
- Information: Iris unguicularis is a beardless iris that blooms from late fall through late winter and is hardy to zone 7. The flowers are typically a medium lavender-blue, with yellow to orange markings on the falls; but variation does occur.
Daffodil
- Common Name: Daffodil
- Scientific Name: Narcissus ‘Minnow’
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- Information: Three to five fragrant, yellow and white flowers per stem make this diminutive daffodil stand out. Miniature daffodils typically stay six inches tall or less. Relatively pest and deer resistant, Narcissus add exuberant color in early spring.
Desert Rose
- Common Name: Desert Rose
- Scientific Name: Adenium obesum
- Family: Apocynaceae
- Information: Very showy flowers range from pink to red to white. They bloom in the Desert House in spring and fall.
  Garden Location: Desert House
Flowering Crabapple
- Common Name: Flowering Crabapple
- Scientific Name: Malus x ‘Robinson’
- Family: Roseaceae
- Information: ‘Robinson’ is a fast-growing crabapple cultivar with good disease resistance. The leaves emerge bronze then turn green, and is prolific in spring with pink flowers. Birds love the bright red fruit that matures in fall.
Paperbush
- Common Name: Paperbush
- Scientific Name: Edgeworthia papyrifera
- Family: Thymelaeacea
- Information: A deciduous, small, suckering shrub with nice blue-green foliage. Likes moist, well-drained soils and semi-shady locations. Winter flowers, yellowish-white, extending into March.
Winterhazel
- Common Name: Winterhazel
- Scientific Name: Corylopsis pauciflora
- Family: Hamamelidaceae
- Information: Winterhazel forms a delicate, small shrub that reaches four to five feet and is covered with pale yellow flowers in March.

April

Apple
- Common Name: Apple
- Scientific Name: Malus x domestica
- Family: Rosaceae
- Information: Early April apple trees burst forth with 1-inch flowers that resemble pinkish white fluffy cotton candy. Once pollinated the flowers quickly drop and apples start to develop. They’ll grow all summer and mature in late September, early October. The apple trees in the edible garden include: ‘Gala’, ‘Liberty’, ‘Golden Delicious’, ‘Arkansas Black’ and ‘Mollie’s Delicious’.
Cavendishia micayensis
- Scientific Name: Cavendishia micayensis
- Family: Ericaceae
- Garden Location: High Elevation House
Crown of Thorns
- Common Name: Crown of Thorns
- Scientific Name: Euphorbia milii
- Family: Euphorbiacaea
- Information: A Madagascar native with flowers that range in color from yellow to pink to red. These spiny plants have a poisonous milky white sap inside the leaves and stems.
Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum
- Scientific Name: Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Produces up to twelve apricot colored flowers, each with a velvety fringed lip.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Jade Vine Emerald Creeper
- Common Name: Jade Vine Emerald Creeper
- Scientific Name: Strongylodon macrobotrys
- Family: Fabaceae
- Information: This is a vigorous climbing vine that produces long panicles of striking, jade green flowers, up to 12-18 inches in length.
- Garden Location: Tropical Rotunda
Woolly Groundsel
- Common Name: Woolly Groundsel
- Scientific Name: Packera tomentosa
- Family: Asteraceae
- Information: Native perennial found in granite outcrop habitats.
- Garden Location: Conservation Gardens

May

Blue False Indigo
- Common Name: Blue False Indigo
- Scientific Name: Baptisia australis
- Information: This native perennial adds structure to the early spring.
Bromeliad
- Common Name: Bromeliad
- Scientific Name: Tillandsia dyeriana
- Family: Bromeliaceae
- Information: This plant grows in the crowns of tropical trees. It forms a whirl of leaves that collect rain water and are frequently used as a nursery for poison arrow frogs’ eggs and tadpoles.
- Garden Location: Tropical Rotunda
Georgia Plume
- Common Name: Georgia Plume
- Scientific Name: Elliottia racemosa
- Family: Ericaceae
- Information: Beautiful white flowering native deciduous shrub that is only found in Georgia.
- Garden Location: Conservation Gardens
Hoya
- Common Name: Hoya
- Scientific Name: Hoya acuta
- Family: Asclepiadaceae
- Garden Location: Tropical Rotunda
Hybrid Musk Rose
- Common Name: Hybrid Musk Rose
- Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Buff Beauty’
- Information: Introduced in 1939, the ‘Buff Beauty’ is a gorgeous apricot-colored rose which blooms repeatedly all summer. It is resistant to disease and its blooms tend to hold color better than other similarly colored roses. It can grow up to five feet tall and eight feet wide.
Hydrangea
- Common Name: Hydrangea
- Scientific Name: Hydrangea s. ‘Maiko’
- Information: This lovely hydrangea forms a small-mounding, three-foot plant and is smothered with four-inch mophead flowers that begin white and age to pink. It is the perfect size for any small-space garden. The Hydrangea collection at the Atlanta Botanical Garden peaks from late May through August.

June

Climbing Noisette Rose
- Common Name: Climbing Noisette Rose
- Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Crepuscule’
- Family: Rosaceae
- Information: Crepuscule means ‘twilight’ in French, which eloquently describes the color of the flowers. Blooms intermittently all season long, robust and well suited to the Southeast. Look for these beauties climbing on the arbors in the Rose Garden.
Dwarf Pomegranate
- Common Name: Dwarf Pomegranate
- Scientific Name: Punica granatum var. nana
- Family: Lythraceae
- Information: This dwarf shrub catches the attention of every visitor that passes by. It has fiery orange flowers that bloom prolifically all summer long and mature into edible pomegranates. The ripe fruits are about 2 inches in diameter.
- Garden Location: Edible Garden
Hardy Gladiolus
- Common Name: Hardy Gladiolus
- Scientific Name: Gladiolus tubergenii ‘Charm’
- Family: Iridaceae
- Information: Beautiful, vivid pink spikes grow 30 to 36 inches tall, and they are ideal for cut arrangements. Look for these gorgeous blooms in the Rose Garden.
Jungle Geranium
- Common Name: Jungle Geranium
- Scientific Name: Ixora coccinea
- Family: Rubiaceae
- Information: Forming a small to medium shrub, Ixora likes to grow in well-drained organic soils. It prefers an open, bright situation and will produce numerous red, star-like flowers all year round.
- Garden Location: Tropical Rotunda
Rain Lily
- Common Name: Rain Lily
- Scientific Name: Zephyranthes sp.
- Information: Our collection of these summer bulbs begins blooming this month as summer thunderstorms begin. With flower colors ranging from white to pink to yellow, clumps are a pleasant surprise to visitors exploring perennial borders.
Uncarina
- Common Name: Uncarina
- Scientific Name: Uncarina grandidieri
- Family: Pedaliaceae
- Information: Beautiful flowers that range in color from a golden yellow to white to purple.
- Garden Location: Desert House

July

Evergreen Wisteria
- Common Name: Evergreen Wisteria
- Scientific Name: Millettia reticulata
- Information: Not really “evergreen” as the common name says, but a fabulous vine for summer color. Intense purple, pea-like flowers are produced in July and August and have the fragrance of NeHi Grape!
Marsh Rattlesnake Master
- Common Name: Marsh Rattlesnake Master
- Scientific Name: Eryngium aquaticum
- Family: Apiaceae
- Information: Native member of the carrot family that bears striking blue colored flowers.
- Garden Location: Conservation Gardens
Miltonia spectabilis var. moreliana
- Scientific Name: Miltonia spectabilis var. moreliana
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Miltonias are warm-growing Brazilian orchids. the variety moreliana has large plum colored lowers and a deeply veined lip. Best grown in pots to accommodate the sprawling rhizomes.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Monja Blanca
- Common Name: Monja Blanca
- Scientific Name: Lycaste skinneri
- Information: An elegant orchid, once widely distributed from Mexico to El Salvador. It has become increasingly scarce as its cloudforest habitat disappears.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Plumleaf Native Azalea
- Common Name: Plumleaf Native Azalea
- Scientific Name: Rhododendron prunifolium
- Family: Ericaceae
- Information: The latest of our native azaleas to bloom, and with the ability to flower profusely in fairly dense shade, this shrub is a great choice for the shady garden. Unfortunately, the flowers are not fragrant like some of the other native azaleas. Deciduous in winter. Can reach sizes of 10′ tall and wide over many years. Found natively on sandy, moist creek banks in southern Piedmont forests, but very adaptable to average garden conditions in the shade
- Garden Location: Anne Cox Chambers Southern Seasons Garden
Rabbiteye Blueberry
- Common Name: Rabbiteye Blueberry
- Scientific Name: Vaccinium ashei ‘Tiftblue’
- Family: Ericaceae
- Information: This cultivar is the standard by which other blueberries are held. It can grow 6-8 feet tall and prefers full sun and acidic soils. Fruit set can be enhanced by planting several different varieties.
- Garden Location: Edible Garden

August

Dove Orchid
- Common Name: Dove Orchid
- Scientific Name: Peristeria elata
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: The name is derived from the Greek peristerion, meaning “dove,” because of the fancied resemblance of the interior parts of the flower to a dove. Peristeria elata is the national flower of Panama.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Fig
- Common Name: Fig
- Scientific Name: Ficus carica ‘LSU Gold’
- Information: Edible are golden outside with a creamy white flesh inside. The LSU varieties are very popular and successful in the South. ‘LSU Purple’ and ‘LSU Black’ can also be found in the Edible Garden.
- Garden Location: Edible Garden
Ginger Lily
- Common Name: Ginger Lily
- Scientific Name: Hedychium coronarium ‘Kinkaku’
- Information: One of the many ginger lilies in our collection, this cultivar has pale yellow flowers flushed with salmon on four-foot stalks. It will bloom in sun to part shade and is a nice addition to the late summer perennial border.
Joe-Pye Weed
- Common Name: Joe-Pye Weed
- Scientific Name: Eupatorium purpureum ‘Joe White’
- Family: Asteraceae
- Information: Joe-Pye Weed is a tall perennial. It is often mistaken as a common roadside weed and undervalued for its ornamental attributes. When in bloom, it may attract swarms of butterflies looking to feed.
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica
- Scientific Name: Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: An exceptionally free-flowering species. A well-grown plant with keikis can produce 50 or more flowers. Named for the hieroglyphic patterning on the petals and sepals.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Water Lily
- Common Name: Water Lily
- Scientific Name: Nymphaea ‘Barbara Dobbins’
- Family: Nymphaeaceae
- Information: Water lilies are native the world over in temperate and tropical areas. This hardy lily blooms a beautiful peachy color and as it ages, turns yellow. It’s called a “changeable”.
- Garden Location: Aquatic Plant Pond

September

Beautyberry
- Common Name: Beautyberry
- Scientific Name: Callicarpa americana
- Information: A durable deciduous shrub prized for its shiny colorful clusters of small ornamental fruits which appear all along its stems in autumn. The fruits are a favorite food source for many birds. Many cultivars of Asian beautyberry species have been selected for fruit color, ranging from white to purple to pink.
Helianthus
- Common Name: Helianthus
- Scientific Name: Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
- Information: Numerous pale yellow flowers burst open in late summer into fall. Naturally reaches 6 to 8 feet, but height can be controlled by cutting back by one-third in May.
Ironweed
- Common Name: Ironweed
- Scientific Name: Vernonia angustifolia
- Family: Asteraceae
- Information: Purple flowering perennial native to Longleaf Pine habitats.
- Garden Location: Conservation Gardens
Ladies’ Tresses
- Common Name: Ladies’ Tresses
- Scientific Name: Spiranthes cernua
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Beautiful white flowering native orchid that occurs in bog habitats.
Liberty Apple
- Common Name: Liberty Apple
- Scientific Name: Malus ‘Liberty’
- Information: A beautiful apple that is resistant to cedar-apple rust, apple scab, powdery mildew, and fire blight, all of which make apple growing difficult. The red-over-green apples ripen in early September. To get a good fruit set, more than one variety must be planted.
- Garden Location: Edible Garden
Orange Tea-Olive
- Common Name: Orange Tea-Olive
- Scientific Name: Osmanthus fragrans v. aurantiacus
- Information: The fragrance of this evergreen shrub perfumes the main entrance to the garden. This unusual, hard-to-find variety produces orange flowers instead of the typical white flowers. Blooms from September into October.

October

Autumn crocus
- Common Name: Autumn crocus
- Scientific Name: Colchicum autumnale
- Information: This fall-flowering crocus brightens the Crape Myrtle Allee with its purple-blue flowers. It can naturalize in the garden in either sun or part shade.
Dendrobium bullenianum
- Scientific Name: Dendrobium bullenianum
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Dendrobium bullenianum can have pseudobulbs up to two feet long with clusters of many one inch brightly colored flowers lasting two weeks. This lowland species native to the Philippines will often bloom more than one time each season.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Mountain Sage
- Common Name: Mountain Sage
- Scientific Name: Salvia regla ‘Jame’
- Information: This western U.S. native is one of the many perennials that offer late season color to borders at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Mountain Sage forms a three-foot wide shrub with shiny, heart-shaped leaves. Tubular, bright orange flowers attract hummingbirds to the fall garden. It is also very drought tolerant.
Perennial Mum
- Common Name: Perennial Mum
- Scientific Name: Chrysanthemum ‘Gethsemane Moonlight’
- Information: A stunning bounty of creamy yellow daisies that last until frost in full sun. This lush 2-3 foot tall and 4 foot wide perennial will dazzle in the late blooming season.
Pink Muhly
- Common Name: Pink Muhly
- Scientific Name: Muhlenbergia capillaris
- Family: Poaceae
- Information: Native grass with masses of breathtaking pink, wispy blooms.
Spider Orchid
- Common Name: Spider Orchid
- Scientific Name: Brassia longissima
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Brassia longissima is a species from Costa Rica to Peru sometimes called the “Spider Orchid” because of its elongated flower parts. The inflorescence can be 18 inches long with several fragrant flowers lasting several weeks.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House

November

Christmas Camellia
- Common Name: Christmas Camellia
- Scientific Name: Camellia sasanqua
- Information: The sasanquas are the smaller flowered of the camellias. But the beautiful white, pink or red flowers put on a late fall and early winter show in the Camellia Garden.
Cobb’s Dendrochilum
- Common Name: Cobb’s Dendrochilum
- Scientific Name: Dendrochilum cobbianum
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Of the 100+ species of Dendrochilum scattered throughout Southeast Asia, Dendrochilum cobbianum, with its weeping chainlike inflorescence is among the most striking. Easy to grow and readily forms large clumps.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Guzmania jaramilloi
- Scientific Name: Guzmania jaramilloi
- Family: Bromeliaceae
- Garden Location: High Elevation House
Huntleya wallisii
- Scientific Name: Huntleya wallisii
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Huntleyas are medium to large epiphytes with soft leaves and fan-like shoots. Ten species range from Costa Rica to Brazil, all residents of wet montane forests. Huntleya wallisii, with its star-shaped blood-red flowers, is perhaps the most attractive in the genus.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Linden Viburnum
- Common Name: Linden Viburnum
- Scientific Name: Viburnum dilatatum ‘Erie’
- Information: Bright red fruit clusters put on a real show in the fall in the Children’s Garden. This deciduous viburnum, which reaches eight to 10 feet, produces white, flat-topped clusters of flowers in early summer.
Swan Orchid
- Common Name: Swan Orchid
- Scientific Name: Cycnoches cooperi
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: The arching column of Cycnoches flowers gives rise to the common name “Swan Orchid.” Dark bronze petals and sepal characterize this species.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House

December

Aloe suprafoliata
- Scientific Name: Aloe suprafoliata
- Family: Aloaceae
- Information: Aloe with blue-green leaves and salmon colored flowers.
- Garden Location: Desert House
Golden Japanese Plum Yew
- Common Name: Golden Japanese Plum Yew
- Scientific Name: Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Ogon Gold’
- Information: The Golden Japanese Plum Yew has two-inch long needles with new growth of bright gold. It reaches five feet in height and grows in part shade. The conifers change with each season, offering a myriad of colors and textures for Atlanta gardens.
Laelia anceps
- Scientific Name: Laelia anceps
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Among the easiest and showiest of the Mexican Laelias, L. anceps comes in many color forms. In Mexico it grows in full sun on trees and rocks on the eastern side of the Cordillera.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Paphiopedilum primulinum
- Scientific Name: Paphiopedilum primulinum
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Information: Paphiopedilum primulinum is in a group of Asian lady slippers whose flowers open one at a time but are produced successively often for many months. This species is only found in the wild in a small part of Sumatra.
- Garden Location: Orchid Display House
Starfish Flower
- Common Name: Starfish Flower
- Scientific Name: Stapelia gigantea
- Family: Asclepiadaceae
- Information: Flowers are fly-pollinated and possess an odor similar to rotting flesh.
- Garden Location: Desert House

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Gardening Tips by Month

January

Prune summer-blooming shrubs: abelia, althea, peegee hydrangea, St. John’s wort, crape myrtle and chaste tree.
During dry periods, plant or transplant dormant trees and shrubs.
Cut back and clean up perennial borders and top dress with aged manure or compost.
Start cool-season veggies from seed to set out on Valentine’s Day.

February

Sow cool-season annuals in beds.
Cut back ornamental grasses and Liriope.
Plant and prune roses toward the end of the month; good varieties for Atlanta include: Mrs. Oakley Fischer, Knockout, and Old Blush.

March

Fertilize fescue lawns.
Divide and move perennials and groundcovers.
Root-prune difficult-to-move woody plants for fall transplanting.
Delay planting summer annuals until April.

April

Select native azaleas when in bloom early this month.
Finish pruning late-season flowering shrubs.
Stake perennials before they get too tall.
Plant tender summer bulbs late this month.

May

Sod or seed warm-season turfs such as Bermuda, Zoysia or Centipede.
Weed, then mulch to minimize re-growth of weeds and water loss.
Weed, fertilize, mulch and water your vegetable garden for big dividends later.
Separate and transplant hellebore seedlings and water-in thoroughly.

June

Keep annual flowers dead-headed.
Fertilize warm-season lawns.
Prune azaleas after flowering to improve the shape.
Divide early perennials that have finished blooming.
Discard spent biennials after scattering seed.

July

Plant water lilies and lotus in pots of heavy, rich clay soil and mulch with pebbles to keep pond water clean.
Aquatic plants are heavy feeders, so push fertilizer pellets into the soil bi-weekly.
Take greenwood cuttings of your best azaleas, forsythia and daphne.
Replenish organic mulch to slow water loss.

August

Order fall-blooming crocus and colchicum this month for blooms in October.
Start seeds of choice cultivars of pansies, foxgloves, and hollyhocks.
Set out transplants of broccoli, cabbage, and kale for fall harvests.
Prune and fertilize roses for the flush of bloom expected next month.
Divide iris and daylilies.

September

Remove spent annuals.
Reseed or sod fescue lawns.
Divide and replant spring and summer blooming perennials.
Test your garden soil, send to the Cooperative Extension Service in your county, then lime soils as required.
Container-grown, fall-blooming perennials such as aster, goldenrod and pineapple sage will add color to the autumn garden.

October

Divide and replant perennials.
Plant trees and woody ornamental shrubs.
Plant pansies now for color throughout fall and winter.
Plant spring-blooming bulbs.
Restore flower and vegetable gardens by digging in compost before replanting.

November

Dig and store tender bulbs and tubers.
Continue to plant trees and woody ornamentals.
Begin a compost pile with raked leaves.
This is the ideal planting time to plant balled and burlapped woody ornamentals.

December

Store hoses and cut off water to outside lines before a hard freeze.
Mulch all new plantings.
Add lime now for great vegetables next spring.
Cut back hardy perennials after frost and clean up perennial bed.

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