January Gardening To-Dos
In the Garden
- Remove vigorous winter weeds.
- Prune trees and shrubs, removing diseased and storm damaged wood.
- Start envisioning your ideal garden and developing plans.
Fruits & Veggies
- Puget Sound area gardeners can eat produce fresh from the garden nearly year-round.
- Draw your food garden master plan, rotating crop locations from last year. (Crops planted in succession will keep harvests coming.)
The Lawn
- Sharpen mower blades and tune-up your mower.
- Avoid walking on soggy or frozen grass and compressing the soil. Grass roots need oxygen as much as water to stay healthy.
Around the House
- Pack away holiday decor.
- Refresh and rejuvenate empty spaces with vibrant indoor plants.
- Lightly water indoor plants. Remember, plants contribute to essential oxygen exchange and reduce stress.
- As winter air is drier, pay special attention to indoor plant foliage; occasionally mist with water.
- Keep plants away from heating ducts.
- Make a terrarium with the kids and enjoy it through the darker winter months.
- Feed wild birds.
CLIMBING
Don Juan
Golden Opportunity
Iceberg
Joseph's Coat
DAVID AUSTIN (available in March)
Bonica
Claire Austin
Desdemona
Eustacia Vye
Gabriel Oak
Gertrude Jekyll
Golden Celebration
Olivia Rose Austin
Roald Dahl
Scepter’d Isle
Silas Marner
Teasing Georgia
The Generous Gardener
The Lark Ascending
The Poet's Wife
FLORIBUNDA
Angel Face
Chihuly
Ebb Tide
Hot Cocoa
Julia Child
Livin' Easy
Morning Glow
Sunsprite
Trumpeter
GRANDIFLORA
Love
Queen Elizabeth
Uptown Girl
GROUNDCOVER
Flower Carpet Coral
Flower Carpet Pink
Flower Carpet Red
HYBRID TEA
Chantilly Cream
Double Delight
Fragrant Cloud
Heavenly Scented
Honor
Just Joey
Mister Lincoln
New Zealand
Perfume Factory
Sugar Moon
Touch Of Class
Veteran's Honor
MINIATURE
Gourmet Popcorn
Lemon Drop
Midnight Fire
Ruby Ruby
SHRUB
Blanc Double De Coubert
Bonica
Champagne Wishes
Coral Cove
Double Knockout
Head Over Heels
High Voltage
Kamir
Love & Peace
Oscar Peterson
Sally Holmes
Snowdrift
Sultry Night
Sweet Fragrance
Yellow Submarine
BOLD = New for 2023