The cooler temperatures that come with the month of January may call for your plants being covered! If the temperature dips below 45 degrees, cover your garden with tarp or sheets to trap in warmer air.
Be sure to water your plants! Due to limited rainfall during Florida winters, your plants should be watered regularly, and you may want to invest in a sprinkler system if you haven't already. Watering earlier in the day is key to allowing your plant enough daylight to soak in nutrients!
Here are some ideas for your winter garden:
Flowers: Petunias, Winter Jasmine, Snapdragons, Alyssum
Herbs & Vegetables
The cooler temperatures that come with the month of December may call for plants being covered. If the temperature dips to 45 degrees or lower, your plants will need to be protected. You will want to cover your plants before dark to trap warmer air. Blankets, sheets, towels and tarps can be used to cover plants.
Also, do not forget to water your plants! Even though it is not as hot and your plants are dormant, they are not dead during dormancy and still need water. Watering earlier in the day is key to allowing your plant enough daylight to soak in nutrients!
Here are some ideas for your winter garden:
Flowers: Allysum, Dusty Miller, Gazania, Geraniums, Ornamental Kale, Petunias, Viola, and Zinnia
Herbs & Vegetables
Florida was once at the bottom of an ocean. Our "Florida Native" plants came here by way of wind, birds, and other natural means. Plants that were here in the mid 1500's when Spanish settlers arrived are considered Florida native plants. "Exotics" are plants that have been introduced to our landscapes since then - brought in by nature or by man.
“Native Plants of Florida.” Guide to Florida Landscape Plants for the Southern Half of the Sunshine State, www.south-florida-plant-guide.com/native-plants-of-florida.html.
The cooler temperatures that come with the month of January may call for your plants being covered! If the temperature dips below 45 degrees, cover your garden with tarp or sheets to trap in warmer air.
Be sure to water your plants! Due to limited rainfall during Florida winters, your plants should be watered regularly, and you may want to invest in a sprinkler system if you haven't already. Watering earlier in the day is key to allowing your plant enough daylight to soak in nutrients!
Here are some ideas for your winter garden:
Flowers: Petunias, Winter Jasmine, Snapdragons, Alyssum
Herbs & Vegetables
"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October."
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
With the cooler weather approaching comes a new planting season! If this past rainy season has washed away the vibrancy of your mulch, now is the time to thin out your faded mulch and replace it with a 1" layer of new mulch. Also, the Nitrogen Fertilizer Ban has been lifted, so October is a great time to fertilize your garden. Remember to use at least 50 percent slow-release nitrogen fertilizer.
Have you been thinking about starting a vegetable garden? Mid-October is the time! Easy crops include broccoli, carrots, green onions, peppers, and tomatoes. You can also begin replacing your Summer annuals with Fall annuals, such as Sunpatiens, Geraniums, Mums, and Begonias.
