Zone-by-zone to-do list for gardeners in December: Organic Gardening

Zone-by-zone to-do list for gardeners in December: Organic Gardening

Here’s a zone-by-zone to-do list for the month of December.

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December To-Do List: Zone 8

• Continue planting onions, chives, spinach, mustard, peas, beets, and radishes.
• Plant more lettuce in the coldframe.
• Plant petunias, calendulas, annual candytuft (Iberis umbellata), pansies, sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima), cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus), stocks (Matthiola incana), scabiosa (Scabiosa atropurpurea), verbena, pinks (Dianthusspp.), and daisies.
• Plant bulbs, corms, and rhizomes of iris (Iris danfordiae, I. histrioides, I. reticulata), amaryllis, anemone (Anemone coronaria, A. sylvestris), calla, and liriope.
• Clean up garden debris to eliminate overwintering areas for diseases and insect pests.
• Start to build beds for spring by adding lots of compost.
• Plant bareroot trees, shrubs, roses, and vines.