Below is our November garden checklist for your Nashville Landscape.  November is the time to finish any chores that you didn’t finish in October.  It’s also a time to start fall planting in order for your plants to take advantage of those fall rains in order to get some strong roots growing. Forsythia, quince, spirea, and most all trees prefer fall planting.

  • Finish cleaning up the  garden before it gets too cold.
  • Be sure hoses and pressure washers are drained and stored.
  • Pull up all spent annuals.
  • Cut dead blooms off most perennials.  Consider leaving blooms of sedum for fall interest.
  • Rake leaves out of garden beds being careful not to pull up any plant identification tags.
  • Mark where dormant or late-sprouting perennials and bulbs are located.
  • Divide and transplant spring-blooming perennials now such as iris.
  • Divide and re-plant perennials such as hosta and phlox.
  • Add or transplant existing trees and shrubs.
  • Remove any unhealthy looking or diseased plants.
  • Spray dormant oil on evergreens, deciduous shrubs, and ornamental trees on a mild, wind-free day.  This is particularly good for boxwood that tends to get Boxwood Blight, camellias, hollies, and azaleas.
  • Dig-up and store tender bulbs that may be damaged in the winter.  We have had good luck with cutting back our Elephant Ears and leaving them in the ground over winter.  If you live in a colder climate then you may want to dig them up as well and store in a cool place.

If you can get this November garden checklist accomplished, then you will be well on your way to having a great spring garden.  Now you will be able to look out the window with a nice hot cup of tea and enjoy the view knowing that your Nashville landscape is ready for cold weather.

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