Garden Checklist

From The Fresno Bee, February 18, 2010:

Try grafting new fruit tree varieties onto your existing trees. Fruit of the same species are easily grafted together--peach onto peach, plum onto plum.

Tasks: Irrigate citrus and almonds if frost is expected.
Pruning: Prune hydrangeas. Remove a third of the old wood for maximum bloom.
Fertilizing: Fertilize deciduous trees. They need feeding two to three weeks before bloom.
Planting: Make certain a plant's basic sun and shade needs are considered before planting; coral bells (Heuchera); calla (Zantedeschia); potatoes, rhubarb; phlox dremmondii from seed; sweet gum tree (Liquidambar), Chinese pistache tree (Pistacia chinensis), Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum).
Things To Ponder: When forsythia begins to bloom, apply pre-emergent herbicide to your lawn to prevent crabgrass.