https://lovelygardenroots.com/store-empty-flowerpots-winter/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T21:30:00+00:00Empty Flowerpots Should Be Washed, Dried and Stored Under Cover or Upside Down on Pot Feet Over Winter, HGTV’s Lynn Coulter Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/frost-covers-stop-working-28-degrees/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T21:00:00+00:00Iowa State’s Aaron Steil Says Frost Covers Stop Working Below About 28 Degrees and Should Be Propped Off the Leaves With Stakes or PVC Pipe https://lovelygardenroots.com/overwinter-porch-ferns-garage/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T20:30:00+00:00Boston and Kimberly Queen Ferns Get Cut to About 3 Inches Before Moving Into a Garage Above 40 Degrees, Clemson’s Ginger Elizabeth Long Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/leave-fallen-leaves-fireflies-bees-clemson/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T20:00:00+00:00Fallen Leaves Should Stay Where They Land This November Because Fireflies and Bees Overwinter in Them, Clemson’s Christiana Huss Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/green-bay-de-pere-leaf-pickup-nov-15/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T19:30:00+00:00Green Bay and De Pere Leaf Trucks Collect Loose Piles From the Terrace Until Nov. 15, and Neither City Takes Bagged Leaves https://lovelygardenroots.com/fall-planting-native-shrubs-clemson/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T19:00:00+00:00Franklin Tree, Arrowwood Viburnum and Little Bluestem Get Extra Months of Root Growth When Planted in November, Clemson’s Jennifer Weaver Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/thanksgiving-cactus-pointed-edges-bud-drop/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T18:30:00+00:00A Thanksgiving Cactus Has Pointed, Claw-Like Edges and Drops Its Buds if Moved Once They Form, N.C. Extension’s Brad Hardison Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/hydrangea-burlap-cage-winter-buds/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T18:00:00+00:00Bigleaf and Oakleaf Hydrangeas Get Burlap Cages on Four Stakes in Late November to Save Next Year’s Flower Buds, While Limelight Rarely Needs Any https://lovelygardenroots.com/gladiolus-curing-calla-lily-storage/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T17:30:00+00:00Gladiolus Corms Need About Three Weeks of Curing Before Storage, and Calla Lily Rhizomes Should Never Be Washed, the Old Farmer’s Almanac Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/begonia-caladium-storage-temperatures/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T17:00:00+00:00Tuberous Begonias Store Cool at 45 to 55 Degrees, but Caladiums Need 60 to 65 or They May Not Sprout, Gardening Know How Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/store-canna-rhizomes-winter/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T16:30:00+00:00Canna Rhizomes Lifted After a Killing Frost Keep All Winter at 40 to 50 Degrees in Barely Moist Peat or Vermiculite, the Old Farmer’s Almanac Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/excelsior-springs-tree-bishop-bedroom/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T16:00:00+00:00‘It Went Through the Ceiling’: An Uprooted Tree Crashed Into Brent and Jill Bishop’s Excelsior Springs Bedroom Seconds After They Fled to the Basement https://lovelygardenroots.com/santa-monica-hoa-decorative-lawn-sprinklers/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T15:30:00+00:00Santa Monica May Ban Watering Decorative HOA Lawns by 2029, but Most Homeowners Are Exempt https://lovelygardenroots.com/overland-park-tree-surveys-street-rebuilds/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T15:00:00+00:00Overland Park Adds Tree Surveys to Street Rebuilds After Quail Ridge Plans Showed at Least a Dozen Mature Oaks and Maples Could Come Down for Sidewalks https://lovelygardenroots.com/clemson-november-garlic-onion-sets-peas/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T14:30:00+00:00Garlic, Onion Sets and Peas Can Go In During November on the South Carolina Coast, and Clemson Extension Says Unused Beds Need Winter Wheat or Crimson Clover https://lovelygardenroots.com/young-citrus-freeze-protection-wire-ring/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T14:00:00+00:00Young Citrus Trees Get a Chicken-Wire Ring Stuffed With Pine Straw or Hay Above the Graft Before Severe Freezes, UF/IFAS Leon County Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/nc-state-fair-giant-pumpkin-rodebaugh/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T13:30:00+00:00Albert Rodebaugh of Craigsville, West Virginia, Took the N.C. State Fair Giant Pumpkin Title at 2,123 Pounds, and a Blacksburg Couple Set a Virginia Record https://lovelygardenroots.com/manitowoc-county-oak-wilt-mishicot/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-10T13:00:00+00:00Oak Wilt Confirmed in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, for the First Time, in Mishicot, About 20 Miles From the Nearest Known Infection https://lovelygardenroots.com/cold-hardy-root-crops-fall-harvest/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T22:30:00+00:00Missouri Extension’s David Trinklein Names Turnip, Rutabaga, Parsnip, Salsify and Jerusalem Artichoke as Cold-Hardy Root Crops That Stretch the Fall Harvest https://lovelygardenroots.com/wauwatosa-november-garden-natives-clover/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T22:00:00+00:00A Wauwatosa Gardener Sowed Crimson Clover in Raised Beds, Planted Five Bare-Root Natives and Pulled Two Carts of Non-Natives in Her November Garden Tally https://lovelygardenroots.com/potted-evergreens-winter-wall-mulch/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T21:30:00+00:00Small Pots of Evergreens Should Sit Against a Wall Under Mulch or Shredded Leaves and Keep Getting Water All Winter, HGTV Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/fall-container-plants-pansy-alyssum/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T21:00:00+00:00Sweet Alyssum, Pansy and Snapdragon Keep Fall Containers Blooming in Chilly Weather, and HGTV Adds Carex Grass for Height and Texture https://lovelygardenroots.com/maryland-november-lawn-fertilizer-shrub-checklist/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T20:30:00+00:00University of Maryland Extension Says Lawns Get No Fertilizer Between Nov. 15 and March 1, Shade Trees Are Pruned After Leaf Fall, and Shrubs Get Stakes 12 to 18 Inches Out https://lovelygardenroots.com/coleus-geranium-cuttings-before-frost/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T20:00:00+00:00Stem-Tip Cuttings of Coleus, Plectranthus and Scented Geraniums Should Be Taken Before Frost, HGTV Says, While Mint and Basil Root in Water https://lovelygardenroots.com/what-to-prune-in-november/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T19:30:00+00:00Nature Hills Nursery’s Justin Farrell Calls Cutting Everything to the Ground in November the Biggest Mistake, and Says to Wait for a Few Hard Frosts First https://lovelygardenroots.com/road-salt-plant-damage-30-feet/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T19:00:00+00:00A 12-Ounce Mug of Road Salt Can Cover a 20-Foot Driveway, and UW-Madison Extension’s Bruce Spangenberg Says Plants Within 30 Feet Take the Damage https://lovelygardenroots.com/winter-compost-bin-tarp-insulation/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T18:30:00+00:00A Compost Bin Gets a Tarp, an Occasional Soaking and Leaf or Straw Insulation on Top and Sides for Winter, HGTV’s Fall Checklist Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/plant-garlic-weeks-before-soil-freezes/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T18:00:00+00:00Garlic Goes In 4 to 8 Weeks Before the Soil Freezes and Under a Thick Straw or Chopped-Leaf Blanket, HGTV’s Julie Martens Forney Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/fall-vegetables-28-degrees-frost/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T17:30:00+00:00Most Fall Vegetables Survive About 28 Degrees, HGTV Says, While Rosemary and Thyme Can Spend Winter Outdoors in Their Pots https://lovelygardenroots.com/daffodils-that-naturalize-plant-in-fall/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T17:00:00+00:00HGTV’s Julie Martens Forney Names ‘Fortune,’ ‘Ice Follies’ and ‘Dutch Master’ as Daffodils That Naturalize, and Says Plant Them in Swaths This Fall https://lovelygardenroots.com/mulch-strawberries-straw-thanksgiving/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T16:30:00+00:00Strawberry Plants Get 4 to 6 Inches of Wheat or Rye Straw Around Thanksgiving, After Nights Near 20 Degrees, WVU Extension Agent JJ Barrett Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/carrots-in-ground-winter-straw/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T16:00:00+00:00Carrots Left in the Ground Can Be Harvested Into December or January Under 6 to 8 Inches of Straw or Leaves, Illinois Extension’s Richard Hentschel Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/cut-back-monarda-phlox-irises-november/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T15:30:00+00:00Monarda and Perennial Phlox Get Cut Back in November to Head Off Powdery Mildew, and Irises Go Down to About 5 Inches, Says The Spruce’s Seven-Plant Guide https://lovelygardenroots.com/mendocino-november-garden-citrus-frost/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T15:00:00+00:00Mendocino County Gardeners Should Cover Citrus When Temperatures Hold at 29 Degrees for 30 Minutes and Have Gutters Clean by Nov. 12, Columnist Roger Coryell Writes https://lovelygardenroots.com/pasadena-nonfunctional-turf-ordinance/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T14:30:00+00:00Pasadena Is Banning Tap-Water Sprinklers on Decorative Lawns at Businesses, City Properties and Some HOA Common Areas https://lovelygardenroots.com/zoe-desmarais-pin-oak-memorial-bench/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T14:00:00+00:00A Dunbarton Mother Whose Daughter Was Killed Beneath a Concord Pin Oak Now Has a Bench Made From the Tree, Carved ‘In Memory of Zoe’ https://lovelygardenroots.com/mulch-fall-leaves-into-lawn/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T13:30:00+00:00Utah State Extension Professor Katie Wagner Says Mowed Fallen Leaves Can Go on Lawns in a Thin Layer, but Black Walnut and Diseased Leaves Belong in the Yard Waste Bin https://lovelygardenroots.com/rose-mulch-hard-frost-tulips-missouri/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-09T13:00:00+00:00Roses Need 6 to 10 Inches of Mulch After a Hard Frost and Tulips Can Go In Until the Ground Freezes, Missouri Extension’s Dhruba Dhakal Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/dim-night-lighting-nocturnal-insects/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T22:30:00+00:00Outdoor Night Lighting Can Be Dialed Back to Protect Nocturnal Insects, and Hollow Seed Stalks Left Standing Shelter Native Bees, UCCE Master Gardener Peyton Ellas Writes https://lovelygardenroots.com/large-patch-disease-warm-season-lawns/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T22:00:00+00:00Expanding Circular Yellow or Brown Spots in a Dormant Warm-Season Lawn Can Mean Large Patch Disease, Clemson’s Samantha Brown Warns as Cool, Wet Fall Weather Sets In