November is a great time to plant, plus there are lots of garden sales this time of year. And we shouldn’t forget that although the weather is cooling, fire season won’t end until we see some significant rain. For ways to protect your home against brushfires, take a look at September’s gardening tips.
Here are some November gardening tips to help keep your yard bountiful and blooming.
Plant Cool-Season Annuals
Avoid warm-season plants like petunias and zinnias. Instead look for cool-season annuals like African daisies, calendula, dianthus, Iceland poppies, pansies, snapdragons, stock, primroses and violas. Choose plants that haven’t bloomed yet or are still in bud. They’ll bloom longer in your garden. You can also grow poppies, flax, forget-me-nots, godetia, larkspur, linaria and sweet peas from seed.
Annuals need to be fertilized often. Make sure you feed them right after you plant them and again several times during the season.
Grow Winter Vegetables
Our mild winters allow us to grow many spring vegetables all winter long. Sow seeds for beets, carrots, chard, kale, lettuces, onions, peas, radishes, spinach and turnips. Set out transplants of broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower.
Add Fall Color
Even in areas with no frost, there are trees that will give you beautiful fall color. Some good choices are gold-leafed ginkgo, orange-red Chinese pistache, liquidambar with yellow, orange and red varieties and Japanese maple.
You can also plant late-blooming perennials like asters, rudbeckia or salvias to brighten up the fall garden.
A lot of information for November Gardening Tips 2019 comes from the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County. They are a great resource for all of your gardening needs including planting, pests, vegetables, and water use. They even have a free hotline where you can get your home gardening and pest control problems answered.