Garden suggestions from Dan Gill: Tidy up ground addresses, plant potatoes and far more | Residence/Backyard

Ground Covers: You might clip ground handles back now by means of February ahead of new development appears to take away unattractive foliage, rejuvenate the crops and manage growth. Liriope, monkey grass, wedelia, Japanese ardisia and Asiatic jasmine, among the other folks, can be reduce again with a lawn mower altered to its optimum environment, a string trimmer or hedge clippers.

POTATOES: Plant Irish potatoes into the garden by mid-February. Lower seed potatoes (available at nurseries or feed retailers) into items about the sizing of an egg. Make guaranteed every single piece involves at least 1 eye. Allow the reduce seed pieces to heal a few days, and then plant them into perfectly-geared up beds about 12 inches apart and 4 inches deep. Harvest generally usually takes spot in Might. Red LaSoda (crimson) and Kennebec (white) are commonly the most conveniently offered, and both deliver properly in this article.

SPRING BULBS: If you purchase pots of spring flowering bulbs in bloom, it is usually ideal to discard them after they end flowering. Some exceptions would be amaryllis, paperwhites, daffodils and other narcissi. These can be planted into the backyard when the flowers fade. Hold out until finally April to plant amaryllis in the backyard.

DIVIDE: Now is a great time to dig, divide and transplant dormant hardy perennials in your flower gardens. Do not dig and divide any perennials that are in active development now, these types of as Louisiana irises, calla lilies, Easter lilies, acanthus and spring flowering bulbs.

Dan Gill is a retired customer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter. He hosts the “Garden Show” on WWL-AM Saturdays at 9 a.m. E mail gardening thoughts to [email protected].