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Here are some regional tips for gardening in February. However since February weather is so unpredictable, you'll have to use some judgement.
Everyone
Finish up your seed and plant orders
Keep an eye on houseplant pests
Get your garden tools in order
Warmer Regions (Zone 8 and Higher)
Watch out for cold snaps and be ready to protect tender plants
Start to rejuvenate annual flower beds
Keep watering, unless there are restrictions
Propagate some new plants from cuttings
Continue planting cool season vegetables like: broccoli, cabbage, kale, lettuce, onions
Harvest winter crops before they bolt
Plant out cold hard annuals like: pansies and Icelandic poppies
Start seeds of warm season vegetables and flowers
Begin dividing perennials
Plant fruit trees and bareroot roses
Finish pruning roses and fruit trees
Use dormant spray on roses and fruit trees and shrubs
Plant regional bulbs like: amayllis, crinums and calla lilies
Pot up saved tubers and corms like: begonias and cannas
Weather permitting, you can start dividing perennials
Cold Regions (Zone 7 and Lower)
Prune trees and shrubs, both ornamentals and fruit
Check flower beds for plants that may have heaved
Replace mulch as needed
Check outside plants and trees for animal damage
Cut some branches for forcing indoors
Rejuvenate holly bushes with a hard pruning
Check evergreens for sign of desication
Start seeds of cool season vegetables and flowers
Answer:
Jess, I am completely garden illiterate. How do I know what zone I am in? Do you have a map to include too? I mean OK is kinda warm, but it can be cold (recently anyway).
Thanks!
