Here are some time honored tips that I have collected in my experience of successful planting in the winter in Oklahoma.
- Buy and plant pansies, kale, and cabbage now for better root growth and vigor going into the cooler months. I have much better success with the smaller flower varieties. They stay perky during the really cold days.
- Lightly till or turn the soil with a shovel. Add some organic matter and work into the area.
- Pansies like sun. So make sure the bed will get four hours or more of sun during the day. Consider that trees shading an area today will drop all of those leaves and allow more sun to shine on the bed during winter months.
- Pansies look best when planted close together in masses.
- Use flower colors that are the same, or try mixing just two colors together.
- Bright colored flowers, like yellow and white, or light blue and white, are more noticeable from the street.
- Pansies look great in containers, too.
- Because pansies are heavy feeders, use a liquid fertilizer every two to four weeks.
- Deer and squirrels love to eat tulip and crocus bulbs. This year, when planting, place chicken wire over the bulbs and then add the soil.
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Enjoy winter-Gordon
