- Adjust your watering schedule for cooler weather, using less
water. - As the weather cools and the sun moves lower in the
sky, reset your irrigation timer to water less frequently.
However, don't change the number of minutes the system waters
each time. In many areas, trees and shrubs will need watering
only every week to week and a half, and citrus trees just once a
month. Planting Trees and Shrubs -- Continue planting
perennials, groundcovers, herbs, roses, and trees and shrubs.
Also plant native wildflowers such as California poppies. -
There's also time to plant beds with cool-season flowers, such
as pansies, calendula, candytuft, foxgloves, snapdragons, stock,
sweet peas, and sweet alyssum. - Complete planting of cool-
season veggies, such as broccoli, carrots, cauliflowers,
lettuces and greens, potatoes, radishes, and peas. - Plant the
cool-season bulbs you refrigerated in October as long as they've
had 6-8 weeks chilling time. Or buy pre-chilled bulbs at the
garden center. Dividing Perennials -- Now i