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| · | Neil's Tip: Keep your winter landscape simple, tidy and uncluttered |
| · | PLANT: cool season annuals, pansies, snapdragons, flowering cabbage & kale -take home one or more of our Color Planters & Hanging Baskets- |
| · | PLANT: Berry-producing plants for winter landscape color and to attract birds -take a look at our Hollies-Yaupon,Nellie R. Stevens,Burford,Needlepoint,Possumhaw, Pyracantha and more- |
| · | PLANT: spring bulbs-Hyacinths & Tulips before the end of the month -pick some up today!- |
| · | FERTILIZE: winter color plants with 20-20-20 every time you water -pick up some lightweight freeze cloth & mulch to protect tender vegetation from the cold- |
| · | disconnect hoses and sprinklers to protect from freeze damage *D.Groom, D.Gill, N.Sperry, Texas A&M* |
| · | PLANT: perennial rye to provide green grass in cooler parts of the state (germinates more uniformly & requires less maintenance than annual rye grass) |
| · | trees & shrubs planted now will establish best before next summer's heat! |
| · | pansies, pinks, snaps, flowering cabbage & kale as soon as the weather turns cooler |
| · | spring flowering bulbs-daffodils |
| · | FERTILIZE: acid-loving plants-azaleas, camellias, gardenias & dogwoods-with specialized fertilizers |
| · | patio plants that will be brought inside for the winter |
| · | DIG & DIVIDE: spring-flowering and foliar perennials-violets, iris, hostas, ornamental grasses, hardy glads, daylilies, ferns, coneflowers, cannas ect. *www.neilsperry.com* |
| · | Average first freeze November 15th |
| · | Neil's Tip: Build a Hobby Greenhouse this Fall so that you can enjoy year round gardening (this way you can protect plants from the cold & start your own plants) |
| · | Bulbs!Bulbs!Bulbs! - finish planting your daffodils during the early part of this month |
| · | PLANT: pansies and other cool-season annuals |
| · | FERTILIZE: winter color beds with 20-20-20 every time you water them |
| · | PRUNE: the dead and damaged branches of shade trees |
| · | MULCH: check mulch levels in beds to protect plants from winter freeze *D.Groom, D.Gill, N.Sperry, Texas A&M* |
| · | SOW: Fall Wildflower seeds this month |
| · | PLANT: Ornamental Grasses to add fall color and interest to your garden |
| · | DIG & DIVIDE: spring-flowering bulbs - daffodils, hyacinths & tulips early in the month |
| · | DIG & DIVIDE: spring-flowering perennials such as violets, amaryllis, iris, daylilies & Shasta daisies late in the month |
| · | Continue to fertilize all plants regularly, and water deeply when needed *D.Groom, D.Gill, N.Sperry, Texas A&M* |