Davis Garden Show, Sept. 30, 2021 -- Winter flowers and bulbs

Things to plant in October, November ...

• Leafy greens -- lettuce, kale, NOT basil -- continue to plant all winter.
• Brassicas (where we eat the buds or heads) get planted earlier than  leafy greens (where we trim the leaves but the plant continues to grow).
• Bulbs -- plant most bulbs now, some later. "Full sun" in winter can be under a deciduous tree, which shades that spot in the summer. PERFECT for many bulbs.
• Winter flowers -- cheery annual flowers to plant now.
• Perennials with winter blooms -- plant anytime, they last for years!  -- Camellias, Euryops, Gazania, Hellebore, Hardenbergia, etcetera.

Other topics:

• Bulbs for shade -- including Lois' challenging "A little east sun, but with cyclamen-ravaging squirrels."
• Non-stinky daffodil?? Narcissus jonquilla!!
• Thanks from and to.
• Tomato harvest continues for Don.
• "Cold makes them taste better" for some winter veggies.
• Don's "Cool Season Vegetables" (timing chart) and "Winter Vegetables" (species described).
• Veggies are NOT good houseplants. Neither is Rosemary. 
• Any outdoor gardening spaces available for apartment-dwellers? A few.

BONUS for reading this! Here is an index of articles Don Shor has written and posted on his website.

Image flowers (clockwise from upper left): Stock, Gazania, California poppy, botanical tulip, Hellabore, Snapdragon.