Set out plants at about the time of your last frost. Harvesting Gather sprigs as desired for the pleasure of your cats. Notes Pinching back in late spring helps to keep plants bushy and full, and it delays flowering.
Harvesting Harvest when apples are ripe. Frost tolerant Yes. Position Sun or partial shade. Notes Prune towards the end of the season to remove any dead or overcrowded branches and to shape if required.
Harvesting Gather sprigs as needed in the kitchen. Wild Mediterranean rosemary can be grown from seeds or plants. Companions Beans, Cabbage, Carrot, Sage and Lavender. Trailing rosemary is great cascading over a wall.
When the weather is dry, bend over seed heads into a large bucket and clip them off. Several types of caterpillars may feed on quinoa, but they are easily controlled with an organic pesticide that uses Bacillus thuringiensis as its active ingredient.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Harvesting Stem or leaves as desired from early summer to fall. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile, well drained soil, or high quality...
Store in airtight container. Troubleshooting Control valerian's spread by cutting back flowering stems before they can shed seeds in your garden. Dried valerian roots are used to make a bedtime tea that promotes sleep.
Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Cleome Aphids (General) Slug Snail Position Full sun to partial shade. In midsummer, drench plants with a liquid plant food to stimulate new growth.
Dianthus combines well with other cold-tolerant annuals including pansies, dusty miller, and ornamental cabbage and kale. Harvesting Some varieties have stems long enough for cutting.
Leafy greens grown in spring, as well as spring-blooming herbs and flowers. Harvesting Cut branches when they are holding numerous open flowers, and hang in small bunches to dry. When allowed to shed mature seeds, chamomile often becomes a welcome volunteer...
Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Orange (Container Grown) Aphids (General) Slug Snail Oranges grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock may be grown in containers.
As flowers fade, snip them off with scissors to keep the plants looking neat. Larkspur is poisonous to pets and horses, but is seldom nibbled due to its bitter taste. Pull up plants when blooms become scarce.
Companions Chives, Nasturtium, Lavender and Garlic. Position Sun or partial shade. Harvesting Harvest when apples are ripe. Notes Prune towards the end of the season to remove any dead or overcrowded branches and to shape if required.
Allow 12 inches (30cm) between tall varieties. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Well-drained soil of average fertility. In midsummer, drench plants with a liquid fertilizer to prolong bloom time.
Amaranth varieties that grow head high require 24 inches (60 cm) between plants. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Any sunny site with good drainage. Companions Sunflower, Zinnia, Cleome and Nicotiana.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Adapts to most soils, but grows best in fertile, well-drained loam.
Colors include yellow, pink, orange, red and white, all with yellow-orange centers. Spacing Single Plants: 11" (30cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 11" (30cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow seeds indoors in late spring and set plants out...
Locate it where leaves can be conveniently picked, crushed and sniffed. This is a fragrance herb to delight your sense of smell. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil High quality organic potting soil.
Do not plant vinca in the same soil repeatedly, because this can lead to problems with root rot diseases. Spacing Single Plants: 11" (30cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 11" (30cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow seeds indoors in late spring...
Best Vegetables for Seed Saving Some vegetables are easier to save seed from than others. You've sown it, grown it and harvested it. You may find you need to stake the plants as they stretch out to flower.
Harvesting Harvest leaves individually, when they are about the size of your hand. Start another planting indoors in midsummer, and set out in early fall. Dinosaur or Tuscan kale has long, dark green puckered leaves.
Harvest when the buds are just beginning to open. In late spring, allow the foliage to die back naturally. Allow unharvested flowers to remain in the garden until they set seed, if possible.
Convolvulus can grow into somewhat floppy plants that benefit from close company with plants that produce lush foliage, such as parsley or ageratum. The plants look best when planted in groups.
Notes Pinching off the first bloom will encourage plants to grow into lush bushes bearing numerous flower spikes. Mixes well with upright flowers or herbs, and the blossoms are much loved by hummingbirds.
Remove dead, broken or crossing branches as well as any suckers that have appeared at the base of the plants. Spacing Single Plants: 9' 10" (3.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 9' 10" (3.00m) with 9' 10" (3.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Set out plants...
Colors include lavender, pink, rose, dark red, white and soft yellow. Scabiosa mixes well with many summer flowers including black-eyed susans and petunias. Notes Scabiosas make great cut flowers, and many varieties are fragrant.
Troubleshooting Can be invasive in cold climates. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Rinse, pat dry, and snip or cut into smaller pieces.
Harvesting Harvest as required. Frost tolerant Yes. Position Sun or partial shade preferred. Keep soil moist in dry weather to prevent running to seed. Feeding Not required if good soil.
