Year Around Gardening in Southem California 
PLANTING POINTERS MONTH BY MONTH 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 
Roses (bare root) Roses (bare root) Roses (bare root and in containers) 
Fruit Trees (bare root) Shade 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 Grapes (bare root) Berries and Grapes (bare root) 
Camellias Camellias Camellias 
Azaleas Azaleas Azaleas 
Coniferous Evergreens Coniferous Evergreens 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 
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 
Bedding Plants Shade Trees Camellias 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 
Shade Trees (in containers) Shade Trees (in containers) Spring Flowering Bulbs 
Roses (in containers) Roses (in containers) Roses (in containers) 
Bedding Plants Bougainvillea Shade Trees (in containers) 
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 
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 
Spring Flowering Bulbs Spring Flowering Bulbs Roses (bare root and containers) 
Roses (in containers) Roses (in containers) Camellias 
Camellias Camellias Azaleas 
Azaleas Azaleas Spring Flowering Shrubs 
Perennial Plants + Gardenia Coniferous Evergreens 
Bedding Plants Pyracantha Spring Flowering Bulbs 
Shade Trees Cotoneaster Heather 
Pyracantha Mahonia Pyracantha 
Cotoneaster Holly Holly 
Ground Covers Heather Bouvardia 
Viburnum Escallonia Cotoneaster 
Nandina Diosma Poinsettia 
Plumbago Ochna Perennial Plants 
Any plants in containers Any plants in containers Any plants in containers 
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ALL NURSERY STOCK IN CONTAINERS CAN BE PLANTED ANY TIME 
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