Drought Tolerant Plants and Pruning
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Collapse ▲With the long, dark nights of January, I will spend some time looking at seed catalogs. I may not purchase anything, but I have seen some really unique looking new varieties of annuals that I think will look great in containers. I’ll need to do a little more research on these to see if they are drought tolerant. I like to enjoy the plants in containers, but I sometimes forget to water them as often as they need to be watered, so drought tolerance is a must for any plants in containers around my house. If I forget to water one day, I don’t want to go out and find dead plants the next day because I failed to consider water needs prior to making the purchase. Purchasing seeds for spring flowers may happen in January, but starting the seeds for planting won’t happen until closer to spring.
I don’t have a lot of trees and shrubs in my yard to work with. I do, however, have a few small trees in the back yard that I need to limb up so they don’t hit me in the face as I mow the lawn back there. I also have a lot of perennial plants that I need to start cutting back. Some of them have hollow stems that I will leave about 12 to 18 inches long, so pollinators like bees and wasps that nest in hollow stems will have someplace to lay eggs. Others, I’ll cut all the way to the ground.
My one large tree was pruned pretty good last year, so I don’t need to prune it again this year. However, if you do have trees or evergreen shrubs that need pruning, January through March is usually a good time to take care of this activity.