Year Around Gardening in Southerm California 
PLANTING POINTERS MONTH BY MONTH 
OCTOBER 
Spring Flowering Bulbs 
Roses (in containers) 
Camellias 
Azaleas 
Perennial Plants 
Bedding Plants 
Shade Trees 
Pyracantha 
Cotoneaster 
Ground Covers 
Viburnum 
Nandina 
Plumbago 
Any plants in containers 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 
Roses (bare root) Roses (bare root) Roses (bare root) 
Fruit Trees (bare root) Shade2 Trees (bare root) Shade Trees (bare root) 
Shade Trees (bare root) Fruit Trees (bare root) Fruit Trees (bare root) 
Berries and Grapes (bare root) Berries and Grap2s (bare root) Berries and Grapes (bare root) 
Camellias Camellias Camellias 
Azaleas Azaleas Azaleas 
Coniferous Evergreens Coniferous Evergrcens Citrus Fruits 
Bedding Plants Aucuba Avocados 
Holly Boxwoods Coniferous Evergreens 
Nandina California Lilacs Bedding Plants 
Cotoneaster Geraldton Wax Flower Xylosma 
Gardenia Heathers Ligustrums 
Abelia Daphne Ochna 
Any plants in containers Any plants in containers Any plants in containers 
APRIL | MAY JUNE 
Roses (in containers) Roses (in containers) Roses (in containers) 
Evergreen Shade Trees Bedding Plants Shade Trees 
Citrus Fruits Citrus Fruits Citrus 
Avocados Avocados Avocados 
Bedding Plants Shade Trees Camellias 
Ground Cover Plants Ground Covers Oleanders 
Spring Flowering Shrubs Vines Pittosporum 
Vines Bottlebrush Fuchsia 
Pyracantha Rock Roses Lantana 
Persian Lilac Eugenia Vines 
Osmanthus Guavas Pomegranate 
Fuchsias Pyracantha Foliage Plants 
Diosma Viburnums Bedding Plants 
Any plants in containers Any plants in containers Any plants in containers 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 
Shade Trees (in containers) Shade Trees (in containers) Roses (in containers) 
Roses (in containers) Roses (in containers) Shade Trees (in containers) 
Bedding Plants Bougainvillea Spring Flowering Bulbs 
Rock Roses Eucalyptus ficifolia Bedding Plants 
Escallonia Abelia Abelia 
Hibiscus Crape Myrtle Cotoneaster 
Lantana Hypericum Pyracantha 
Oleander Ligustrum Heather 
Plumbago Trumpet Vine Hydrangea 
Polygala Jasmine Camellias 
Gardenias Foliage Plants Holly 
Viburnum Lantana Dwarf Citrus 
Xylosma Hibiscus Osmanthus 
Any plants in containers Any plants in containers Any plants in containers 
NOVEMBER 
Spring Flowering Bulbs 
Roses (in containers) 
Camellias 
Azaleas 
Gardenia 
Pyracantha 
Cotoneaster 
Mahonia 
Holly 
Heather 
Escallonia 
Diosma 
Ochna 
Any plants in containers 
DECEMBER 
Roses (bare root and containers) 
Camellias 
Azaleas 
Spring Flowering Shrubs 
Coniferous Evergreens 
Spring Flowering Bulbs 
Heather 
Pyracantha 
Holly 
Bouvardia 
Cotoneaster 
Poinsettia 
Perennial Plants 
Any plants in containers 
ALL NURSERY STOCK IN CONTAINERS CAN BE PLANTED ANY TIME 
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