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Hot Gardens Month-by-Month Guide to Gardening

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January
January – Australian plants
January – grasses, geraniums
January – Arlington Garden

February
February – non-toxic weed killers, Lilac vine

March
Spring  – sweaty plants, Santa Barbara gardens
March – updating your patio
March – fragrant plants

April
April – aloes, acacias
April-May – cactus for security
Spring – Summer color
Spring – cold weather palms
Spring – plants for hummingbirds

May
May-June – night garden plants
May-June – growing roses

June
June – chaste tree, screwdriver test
June – Anasazis, palms, cactus
Summer – replace lawn, bamboo
June – replace lawn

July
July – waterless fountain
July – reliable Summer flowers
July – polymers and plant dehydration
Summer – pots, espaliered apples
Summer – capturing rainwater

August
August – fertilizing in Summer
August – Mexican bird of paradise
August – topiary

September
September – edible garden

September – best planting time, fruit trees
September – luminaria
Fall – large trees
Fall – chitalpa, yellowing leaves
Fall – frugal gardening
Fall – crape myrtle, recycle fountain

October
October – heat-scorched dead grass, salvia
October – amendments, red rocks
October – ground covers, garden diary

November
November – fast growing trees, iris
November-December – South African bulbs
November-December – chlorosis

December
December – Winter color
Winter – plant one tree, change a lightbulb
Winter – frozen palms, frozen succulents
Winter – aloes for wildfire protection


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