Evergreen Planting Dates
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This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
Evergreen Planting Dates
The planting season for evergreens begins later in the spring and earlier in the fall than the corresponding seasons for deciduous plants. The reason is that the majority of evergreens will not survive the shock of transplanting in the spring unless the soil is "warm," i. e., the condition of the soil must be such that immediate root growth is stimulated, and in the fall root growth must be continued to insure a development of new feeding roots before cold weather and soil produce dormant conditions.
Locality as Typical of Surrounding Territory | Spring | Fall | ||||
average Opening | Average Close | Working Days | Average Opening | Average Close | Working Days | |
Northern New York Stane ......................................................... | May 1 | June 8 | 32 | Sept. I | Oct. I | 25 |
Camden and Belfast, Maine ...................................................... | April 25 | May 25 | 26 | Aug. 25 | Sept. 25 | 27 |
Buffalo, New York......... | April 20 | June 1 | 32 | Sept. 8 | Nov. 1 | 48 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota ........................................................... | April 15 | June 1 | 40 | Sept. 1 | Oct. 12 | 36 |
Hartford and Central Connecticut .............................................. | April 15 | June 15 | 53 | Aug. 15 | Oct. 1 | 40 |
Boston, Massachusetts .............................................................. | April 20 | June 1 | 35 | Sept. 15 | Nov. 15 | 53 |
Toronto and Upper Ontario ....................................................... | April 15 | June 15 | 52 | Sept. 1 | Nov. 1 | 54 |
Painesville, Ohio......................................................................... | April 8 | June 1 | 46 | Sept. 15 | Nov. 8 | 45 |
Long Island, New York ............................................................. | April 1 | June 1 | 52 | Aug. 25 | Oct' 8 | 38 |
Cleveland, Ohio ......................................................................... | April 10 | June 1 | 44 | Sept. 1 | Nov. 1 | 53 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania ......................................................... | April 1 | June 1 | 53 | Aug. 15 | Nov. 15 | 78 |
Spokane, Washington ................................................................ | March 15 | May 1 | 39 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 1 | 52 |
Southeastern Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahome, and Missouri ............................................................... | March 20 | June 10 | 71 | Sept. 25 | Dec. 8 | 65 |
New Jersey Costal Plain ............................................................. | March 27 | May 10 | 40 | Sept. 1 | Nov. 15 | 65 |
Cincinnati, Ohio ....................................................................... | March 1 | April 25 | 49 | Sept. 15 | Nov. 15 | 52 |
San Francisco .......................................................................... | Feb. 8 | June 1 | 98 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 1 | 51 |
Virginia Coastal Plain ............................................................... | Feb. 1 | April 20 | 67 | Sept. 1 | Dec. 15 | 91 |
Georgia and Carolina Piedmont ................................................. | Oct. 8 | April 1 | 154 | |||
Portland, Oregon ...................................................................... | Oct. 1 | May 1 | 182 | |||
Sacramento-fresno Valley .......................................................... | Oct. 1 | April 1 | 150 | |||
Jacksonville, Florida ................................................................. | Nov. 15 | April 15 | 129 | |||
Highlands (Lake Region) Florida .............................................. | Nov. 1 | Feb. 1 | 78 | |||
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