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