February Gardening To Do List

Zone 1

Order fruit and vegetable seeds, roses, bare-root trees and shrubs
Check potted or container-planted bulbs for signs of growth
Bring in pots of crocus and bulbous iris if leaves have formed
Cut branches of pussy willow, flowering quince, forsythia to force indoors if buds are beginning to swell
Freshen house plants with sprays or shower bath
Sow seeds of cool-weather vegetables indoors
Sow seeds of hardy perennials indoors

Zone 2

Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Water cymbidiums weekly until they bloom
Sow seeds indoors for tender perennials

Zone 3

Order seeds
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Water cymbidiums weekly until they bloom
Sow seeds in greenhouse or indoors for tender perennials

Zone 4

Order seeds
Sow seeds indoors for hardy spring-blooming plants
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Sow seeds for cool-weather vegetables
Sow frost-tolerant perennials indoors

Zone 5

Order seeds
Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming plants
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Sow seeds for cool-weather vegetables
Sow frost-tolerant perennials indoors

Zone 6

Order seeds
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals
Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming plants
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Sow seeds for cool-weather vegetables
Sow frost-tolerant perennials indoors

Zone 7

Plant cool-season annual edibles and perennial herbs outdoors. These include seedlings you've started indoors or purchased at a garden center: parsley, cilantro, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, and Brussels sprouts.
Start seeds indoors as desired. Most vegetable and annual flower seeds should be started six to eight weeks before your region's last average frost date -- and for most of the Midwest, that means starting seeds now. Check package directions for suggested timing, however.
Plant cool-season flowers. About six to eight weeks before your region's last average frost date, you can put in pansies, violas, lobelia, snapdragons and other cool-season flowers. They thrive in cool weather and tolerate frosts well. They're especially good in pots.
Order seeds this week, because it's time to begin planting, both outdoors and in.
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals indoors
Plant ornamental trees
Remove mulch from strawberries when growth begins.
Prune flowering fruit trees while in bloom
Prune winter-flowering shrubs and vines after bloom
Sow seeds of warm-season vegetables indoors
Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming annuals
Plant or transplant cool-season vegetable seedlings

Zone 8

Order seeds
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals indoors
Set out cool-season annuals
Plant fruit trees
Apply dormant spray to fruit trees
Spray for peach leaf curl, peach leaf blight, and canker
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Plant or repair warm-season lawns
Plant ornamental grasses
Plant or transplant frost-tolerant perennials
Sow seeds for tender perennials indoors
Plant bare-root roses
Apply dormant spray to roses
Plant bare-root trees, shrubs, and vines
Prune winter-blooming shrubs and vines just after bloom
Apply dormant spray to shrubs and vines
Plant bare-root perennial vegetables
Plant seedlings of cool-season vegetables
Sow seeds for cool- and warm-season vegetables
Protect tender plants from frost

Zone 9

Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming annuals
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals indoors
Plant summer-flowering bulbs
Repot cacti and succulents, if essential, once they have finished blooming
Plant bare-root fruit trees
Apply dormant spray to fruit trees
Spray for peach leaf curl, peach leaf blight, and canker
Plant citrus
Repair or plant lawns
Plant or transplant frost-tolerant perennials outdoors
Sow seeds for tender perennials indoors
Plant bare-root roses
Plant bare-root trees, shrubs, and vines
Prune deciduous trees
Prune winter-flowering shrubs and vines just after bloom
Plant bare-root perennial vegetalbes
Plant seedlings of cool-season or winter vegetables
Sow seeds for cool-season or winter vegetables
Sow seeds for warm-season vegetables indoors

Zone 10

Order seeds
Sow seeds for warm-season annuals
Set out seedlings of warm-season annuals
Set out summer-flowering bulbs
Repot cacti and succulents, if essential, once they have finished blooming
Plant bare-root fruit trees
Prune flowering fruit trees while in bloom
Spray for peach leaf curl, peach leaf blight, and canker
Plant citrus
Protect citrus from frost damage
Feed houseplants that are growing or blooming
Plant bare-root roses
Plant bare-root shrubs and vines
Prune evergreen shrubs
Prune winter-flowering shrubs and vines after bloom
Plant bare-root trees
Plant or transplant cool-season vegetable seedlings
Sow warm-season vegetable seeds
Transplant warm-season vegetable seedlings

Zone 11

Sow seed of summer annuals indoors
Sow seeds of hardy vegetables indoors
Improve soil by spading in humus
Plant bare-root trees, shrubs, vines, roses
Be ready to shelter tender plants against frost
Finish dormant spraying

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-- Janet Kilburn Phillips

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