Fresno Gardening Green

Stepping into the garden and seeing beautiful flowers, hearing birds sing and feeling the pride of accomplishment are even better when combined with the earthy, spicy, sweet and astringent scents of carefully selected fragrant plants.

Spring planting season begins next month. Work on your garden plans and be ready to start next month. Tasks Peruse seed catalogs looking for disease resistant strains. Shop now for bare root grape and berry vines. Deeply water trees and native plants if rainfall has been light.

Now that the holidays are behind us, many gardeners are turning their attention to the New Year and their high hopes for a bountiful backyard harvest.

Roses grow to different heights depending on the variety - from the lower landscape/shrub roses and floribundas to the taller hybrid tea and grandifloras. Keep this in mind when placing roses in your garden. Tasks Rainfall may not reach areas under eaves and overhangs.

Just roses Roses are planted bare root in January or February, and other rose tasks may be done this month. Tasks New roses of many varieties are featured in magazines and articles - or view them online. Look for those you like, select ones that are suitable for your area, and buy them bare root.