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Master Gardener's Corner - February 2025

February 01, 2025 9:23 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)


Things to do in your garden in February.

Taken from the Ontario Master Gardener Calendar
by John Hethrington, Master Gardener Emeritus
Past President, Master Gardeners of Ontario

Please contact John for more information!

February Garden Tips: Things to do for - or in - your garden in February!

  • The snow came early and deep in late December and it snowed almost every day in early January 2025, giving us good snow coverage for your plants. But, before we get a February thaw and refreeze, mound up all the available snow and any new snow that falls around tender plants like roses.
  • If you have a few boughs left over from your Christmas tree, put them over tender plants to catch the snow. It is the freeze/thaw cycle that kills plants, not just the cold.
  • Start planning your garden projects for 2025. Make a long list for the Spring (then you will know what you didn’t get done when you check it in June). I have mine done and I am tired already. Luckily, a garden is never finished, someone once said!
  • Go online and order up Spring Catalogues. I just got mine from Botanus in British Columbia, packed with spring and summer plants like dozens of colourful Dahlias, beautiful Begonias, lovely Lilies and Achilleas. Check them out at www.botanus.com
  • Start propagating stem cuttings of geraniums, fuchsias, etc. by the end of the month.
  • Plant slow germinating seeds inside now for the spring, like impatiens, peppers, eggplants, etc.
  • Don’t over-water house plants. Wait till the soil in the pot is dry down at least an inch before adding more water. Then water well and wait until it’s dry again.
  • Check your tools. Clean off any rust and sharpen pruners, shears, clippers, shovels, etc.
  • As the weather warms, you can start pruning shade trees, fruit trees and shrubs, if you can get to them through the snow. Leave trees that “bleed” like maples and birch until after the spring sap runs and the leaves appear.
  • You can forget about the biggest garden show again this year. Canada Blooms has been again defeated by lingering fears of COVID. But the Peterborough Garden show will be at the Healthy Planet Arena in Peterborough on Saturday April 5 9am – 6pm and Sunday April 6, 9 am – 3 pm. It’s a 250 K hike, 3-hours, but worth it.
  • To get an earlier, closer WHIFF OF SPRING, plan to take in the Barrie Spring Garden & Home Show, March 8 & 9, from 10 am to 5 pm at the Bradford Greenhouses Garden Gallery in Springwater, on Hwy 90, just west of Barrie, or east of Angus. It’s worth the drive to Springwater!

John Hethrington,
Master Gardener Emeritus,
Past President, Master Gardeners of Ontario

 


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