Getting Your Garden Ready for Winter
Posted on October 31st, 2010 by admin
Granted, we’re not as impacted with frosty weather and snow fall as other climates may be during the wintertime. However when fall rolls around, that does not mean we do not have our very own gardening tasks to do. In Arizona you have got a number of activities for getting your garden ready for winter. If you’re needing your garden to appear lush, full, and at its best again when spring comes around, that is especially true.
There are some very typical signs that the summer time is fading away and fall is coming in the desert. Temperatures will dip only a little, while rains might drop and along with them, some hail from time to time, along with winds that may drive the sand and dust around.
Higher temperatures of summertime keep many people indoors, venturing out just during the later part of the day or early in the day. We see a lot more gardeners out enjoying the day and getting their plants back to the pre-summer heat condition, near the beginning of the autumn season.
Autumn is one of the most active, busy times with your Arizona garden. Why not add a few new plants into your desert garden; this is the perfect time. It’s the time for you to prune, plant, and do all of your other autumn chores. You should also begin to do a bit of pruning to your plants, but you should take some care when accomplishing this. Despite the fact that Arizona does not get a great deal of snow, it does have many frosty nights. If your plant is vulnerable to a light frost, do not prune them .
Cut your roses right now. Prune them just a little bit and offer them some fertilizer to give them a great head start.
Now’s the time you should prune sage plants. Desert Sage is among the hardiest plants within your desert garden. In the full heat of mid-summer is when this flowering plant will typically offer its blossoms. They should be pruned to avoid that rangy look which could come if you allow them to grow to full height and width. Only use hand tools to prune it and give your Desert Sage a rounded look. Since it is sensitive, hand shearing will be a much better method than any other way.
Although it’s not the best time to plant them, you’ll find a lot of winter annual plants inside the nursery at this time. Without stringent care, winter annuals won’t survive through the hot temperatures Arizona is having during this period.
Also prune the mesquites plus the palo verde and give them a far more pleasing shape and if you’ve got more cacti or succulents to plant, now is the greatest time, while you have still got a reasonably warm summer soil to use.