These two months are real good gardening months in central Louisiana. At this time of the year, the cool-season bedding plants are ready for every body's yards and gardens because the vegetables and greens are ready now.
These two months is when we complete our cool-season flower plantings. It does not matter what type of annual plants I want to plant, I know I need to have all of them planted by Thanksgiving, but planting can be done all through the month of December. Here are some new plants that anybody could put in their yard, for something new, they are Cool Wave series pansy, Swan series columbine, Amazon series dianthus, Sorbet series viola, and Camelot series, foxglove. Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are very popular here during this time of the year and it goes good for another popular plant which is the poinsettias. They start blooming in November and they will bloom all the way through January. After I get them home, I will need to place them near a bright, sunny window and I always need to keep the soil evenly moist. A lot of the time after I bring them inside, the flowers buds will drop, but there is not anything that I can do about this. These cacti has so many flowers buds and blooms that will hold on for a great beauty will hold on for a great beauty. These cacti comes in the colors of red, white, magenta, pink, orange, and gold.
During late fall through winter is a great time to add trees and shrubs and trees are planted in the fall, the root growth occurs all the way through the dormant season before short growth and flowering starts, in the spring time. This is a list of some of our native trees that we have here, they are dogwood, southern magnolia, redbud, tulip tree, river birch, swamp red maple, sycamore, loblolly pine, spruce pine, bald cypress, and silverbell.
Most people are very familiar with the Southern live oak, but there are many more different oak trees that are planted here. They are largely decccccidious and they are recommended for Louisiana, which are water, willow, and southern red. Most of the oak trees prefer a slightly acid soil pH.
The willow oak has a moderate growth rate and it has an average mature height of sixty feet. The spread of this tree at maturity is about thirty or forty feet. The finely textured foliage is a good characteristic of the willow oak and leaf-letter is not a big concern.
The vegetables that we can plant here in November are cabbage, garlic, kale, spinach, mustard, collard greens, Brussels sprout, carrots, and turnips.
Shallot sets are planted here in November and December. To be able to get big shallot sets, they need to be able to be planted now. If you have some already growing, then they need to replant several of they need to replant several of them as you harvest by prorating plants and transplanting them. When this process is done, shallots will be ready for anybody enjoyment through spring.
Now is the time to clean up debris from any plants that was left in your summer garden. Be sure to not let weeds and debris take over the vegetable garden in late fall and winter.
Citrus trees are grown here and they are getting more popular. They are very low maintenance and easy to grow.
If lime is needed to be added to the soil, now is the right time, because it can be activated by the following spring.
To be able to managed broad leaf weeds and annual bluegrass infest ion, application of atropine herbicide. February and March are good months to spray winter weeds while they are actively growing.
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