Scandia
(651) 433-243120021 St Croix Trail N
Scandia, MN 55073
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Annuals | ● Plan your annual plantings, including your bedding plants, your hanging baskets, and your containers. ● Many new varieties are advertised during the winter months - look up new varieties that you can use in your garden in the upcoming season. |
Fruits | ● Fruits should be pruned from February into March. This includes all apples, pears, cherries, plums, grapes, blueberries, honeyberries, gooseberries, and currants. |
Herbs & Vegetables | ● Some herbs and vegetables can be started by seed indoors. This will give them a head start in spring when they can be planted in the ground after the threat of frost. Timing of when to start depends on the variety, but late January and February are normal seed starting times for most plants. ● Herbs that can be started by seed in winter are: Cilantro, dill, parsley, basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary and sage. ● Vegetables that are great to start by seed include: broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, tomatoes, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, pumpkins, and peppers. |
Perennials, Ornamental Grasses & Groundcovers | ● Many new varieties of perennials, perennial grasses, and groundcovers are announced during the winter season. Research new varieties that you might want to add to your garden. Pay attention to light requirements, water requirements, maintenance needs, bloom time, and planting zone. |
Roses | ● Winter protection for roses is always a good idea. If you didn’t add protection late in the fall, do so early in winter. This can be accomplished by adding leaves, compost, or mulch around the base of each rose plant to help insulate the roots ● Most rose varieties can be pruned in late winter (March). ● Winter pruning of hybrid roses should be done to encourage the growth of the strongest canes, so remove all weak, twiggy, or dead wood. |
Shrubs | ● Some shrubs can be safely pruned during the winter/dormant months. These include: alpine currant, barberry, burning bush, dogwood, honeysuckle, ninebark, smokebush and sumac. ● Feel free to cut limbs from dogwood and winterberry to use in your winter containers. ● Remember, do NOT prune early blooming shrubs, such as rhododendrons, azalea, lilac, serviceberry, black chokeberry, and magnolia. Doing so in the winter will eliminate the spring blooms. ● Remove heavy, excess snow from evergreens, like arborvitae, to reduce the risk of breaking branches. ● Juniper and yew can be pruned for shape in late winter. |
Trees | ● Oak, honeylocust, ash, birch, elm, crab apple, hawthorne, beech, and linden should all be pruned in winter while the plants are dormant. ● Prune evergreens, especially spruce and arborvitae, if you need to cut a lot off. This should be done in late winter. |