{"id":8085,"date":"2015-09-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8085"},"modified":"2015-09-16T10:42:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T14:42:45","slug":"should-you-plant-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/09\/30\/should-you-plant-in-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Plant In Fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Magnolias Better Planted In Spring<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mahonia bealei better planted in spring<\/p><\/div>\n

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Should you plant in the Fall?\u00a0It depends what region you live in, what month in fall, and what species you\u2019re planting. If you live in the mid-Atlantic, coastal New England, or Southeastern U.S., fall is an excellent time to set most hardy plants. Most (not all) trees, shrubs, perennials, and spring flowering bulbs\u00a0can be planted fall. Across the northern U.S. and central Canada, winter arrives early. In the southeastern U.S., you may plant safely through Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n

Why plant in the fall:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Soils are warm, moderately moist, and easy to dig in.<\/li>\n
  • Planting weather is mild and it is usually comfortable to work outside.<\/li>\n
  • Pests, diseases, and weeds are\u00a0less active in fall and little threat to new plants.<\/li>\n
  • Deciduous species are dropping their foliage and gives roots time to\u00a0establish before next summer. Roots actively grow in soil above 40 \u00baF. Winter\u00a0temperatures will\u00a0ensure great blooms next spring.<\/li>\n
  • Apple and pear trees\u00a0can be planted, but wait on cherry, plum and peaches. Protect\u00a0around tree’s\u00a0tender bark with chicken wire to guard against\u00a0rabbit and vole injury.<\/li>\n
  • An ideal time to plant spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, and many more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    What NOT to plant in fall:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Shrubs like roses and\u00a0bigleaf hydrangeas (H. macrophylla<\/em>).<\/li>\n
    • Some perennials\u00a0such as\u00a0sage (Salvia spp<\/em>.), cranesbill (Geranium spp<\/em>.), and coneflowers (Echinacea spp<\/em>.).<\/li>\n
    • In northerly areas (zone 5 and colder), some tree species\u00a0are sometimes\u00a0susceptible to an unusually severe winter. Magnolia, dogwood, tulip tree, sweet gum, red maple, birch, hawthorn, flowering cherries and\u00a0plums, crape myrtles, and\u00a0several oak and nut tree species like walnut and hickory.<\/li>\n
    • Marginally hardy species in your region such as broad-leaf evergreens like azaleas (Rhododendron spp<\/em>.), mountain laurel (Kalmia spp<\/em>.), camellias, cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus<\/em>), false holly and tea olive (Osmanthus spp<\/em>.), grape holly (Mahonia spp.<\/em>), English holly (Ilex aquifolium<\/em>), Southern magnolia (M. grandiflora<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Prices of plants are deeply discounted in fall and sometimes worth the gamble. Adding 3-4 inches of mulch around newly set trees will trap ground heat\u00a0to\u00a0promote root growth and aid plant establishment. Do not<\/strong> fertilize newly planted trees and shrubs in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Should you plant in the Fall?\u00a0It depends what region you live in, what month in fall, and what species you\u2019re planting. If you live in the mid-Atlantic, coastal New England, or Southeastern U.S., fall is an excellent time to set most hardy plants. Most (not all) trees, shrubs, perennials, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[245,709,1111,982,768,969,844,665,857,1083,675,686,853,865,989,1103,994,616,738,551,597,627,1084,1011,766,625,858,729,159,598,1258,1039,777,630,705,785,706,781,767,7,1259,948,113,819,455,162,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8085"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8091,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8085\/revisions\/8091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}