Late Fall Garden Calendar: Roses, Lilies, Camellias, and Annuals

Planting & Feeding Priorities

Roses (Lower South)

Plant Nov–Jan. Amend sandy soil with peat + rotted manure. Mulch pine straw or peat. New varieties often ship after Jan 1.

Lilies

Plant regale, centifolium, tiger, Philippine, hybrids, speciosum rubrum, auratum. Cut old stems to ground; destroy—harbor pests/disease.

Camellias & Anthuriums

First feeding after bloom (late Nov/early Dec). Special camellia food: handful per 18" plant to 2 lbs for 4–6 ft specimen.

Perennials

Cut mums, phlox to ground. Prevents spring pest carryover. Try giant ‘Improved Shasta Daisy’ (Lower South only).

Dahlias

After frost blackens foliage: cut to 3", lift clumps, invert to drain, pack tubers in peat/vermiculite at 40°F.

Annual Seeds

Upper South (Hardy Annuals)

Sow sweet peas, larkspur, poppies, California poppy, Phlox drummondii, cornflowers late enough to avoid premature germination. Larkspur in bulb beds hides fading foliage.

Lower South (Extensive List)

Ageratum, alyssum, arctotis, baby’s breath, calendula, California poppy, candytuft, carnation, clarkia, cornflower, dimorphotheca, forget-me-not, gaillardia, godetia, hunnemannia, linaria, linum, mignonette, nasturtium, nemophila, pansy, petunia, periwinkle, phlox, poppy, Queen Anne’s lace, scabiosa, snapdragon, statice, sweet pea, sweet william, verbena, viola. Texas: add bluebonnets.

Seaside Shrubs

Salt-tolerant: raphiolepis, elaeagnus, pittosporum, ligustrum, yucca, century plant, native palms. Protected sites: bottlebrush, Ilex vomitoria, junipers, oleander, podocarpus, banana shrub, crape myrtle, euonymus. Tropical: kumquat, calamondin.

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