It’s time to get ready for summer in San Diego gardens. Try to get your planting completed early in the month while temperatures are still mild, check irrigation and add mulch to save water and keep soil cool.
San Diego gardens are busy putting on a great show right now. Here are some ideas on how to keep the bloom going and get your garden ready for warmer temperatures.
April is still a great time to plant in San Diego gardens. You can now add subtropical plants like bougainvillea, gardenia and avocado. And keep weeding! Get those weeds out before they set seed. Feed almost everything in your yard.
Although it’s still winter, San Diego gardens are already showing signs of spring with fresh growth and new blooms. Give your garden some love this month, and your efforts will pay you back in the weeks to come.
While so many others are stuck indoors looking at gardening catalogs, San Diego gardeners get to enjoy their yards in January with winter blooming perennials, annuals and succulents.
Because of our wonderful weather, San Diego gardens continue to grow year-round. December is a great time to add bare-root plants, native wildflowers and cool-season annuals and vegetables.