Walk through the garden and make notes for spring and summer changes and additions.
Tasks--Deep-water trees and native plants if rainfall has been light.
Pruning--Wait to prune spring flowering plants until after bloom--Chinese magnolias, azaleas and camellias.
Fertilizin
g--Perennials, annuals, emerging bulbs.Planting--In addition to being easy to handle, a plant started now while it is dormant will have the full advantage of the spring growing season and will be well established this year; cyclamen, dahlia; bare root (cane berries), garlic, leek; larkspur (Consolida ambigua), stock (Matthiola), forget-me-not (Mytosotis sylvatica); daphne, forsythia, razzleberri (Loropetalum).
Things to Ponder--Shop now for camellias and early-blooming azaleas. Remove fallen camellia blooms promptly to prevent petal blight on next year's flowers.
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