California Gardening: SoCal Zone 24 Garden Rehab, 0 by WormsLovSharon

WormsLovSharon wrote:
You need to get your beds ready now. You are close to the same climate we are and we are putting all our spring flowers in now and they will burst when the ground warms up. I just do not know if that will happen by March. We usually have full color in April. Snapdragons just sit in the ground during the cold weather and grow roots. When the original bloom is done, just dead head. In the spring when the heat hits, they will be magnificent. Pansies are the same but I prefer violets because they do not get as stringy and do not need to be dead headed. Or you could have the nursery special order what you need and have it delivered one week before the wedding. Our daughter got married in October 20 years+ ago. We had more time and we also had a pool in the back landscape so we had many floating floral baskets in the pool. We also placed many pots of indoor plants with a tropical look in the planting beds. Looked like they belonged there. And at the large warehouse stores those plants are inexpensive. We also have two very large trees so we hand hanging baskets of flowers amoung the trees and the trees were lit up with white small Christmas lights.

I did a back landscape last March for a memorial for a friend's father who died unexpectedly. Loews have 42" round low pots that I used. We had a very large back landscape and the planter areas were already there. The landscape was a mess. We got it done in 3 days but had 7 guys following my instructions. I will show you one of the pots and then show what we did with them. They are on sale sometimes for $79.00. Other times $149.00 You just need to keep your eyes open. I looked on line and they are 3 times more. They are made out of fiberglass. I have also used hem for small herb and lettuce gardens. Hope this helps a little. But as SW said, how big is the landscape area. Probably need a photo.

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