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 https://lovelygardenroots.com/galahad-tomato-katarina-cabbage-kale-soup/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T21:30:00+00:00Iowa State’s Jessie Liebenguth Picks Galahad Tomato, Katarina Cabbage and Prizma Kale as All-America Selections Winners to Grow for Soup Season https://lovelygardenroots.com/azalea-lace-bugs-horticultural-oil/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T21:00:00+00:00Horticultural Oil Goes on for Lace Bugs Now, and Durham Master Gardener Gary Crispell Then Cleans and Puts Away the Sprayer, While Moving Azaleas Out of Full Sun https://lovelygardenroots.com/bring-tropicals-ferns-basil-indoors/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T20:30:00+00:00Tropical Plants, Ferns and Basil Should Come Indoors Before Temperatures Drop, and Clemson’s Samantha Brown Says to Check Leaf Undersides, Stems and Soil for Pests First https://lovelygardenroots.com/fall-sow-coneflower-butterfly-weed/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T20:00:00+00:00Seeds of Purple Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan and Butterfly Weed Can Go Straight Into the Ground This Fall, Clemson’s Jennifer Weaver Says, Letting Winter Do the Chilling https://lovelygardenroots.com/spot-invasive-bittersweet-buckthorn-fall/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T19:30:00+00:00Fall Is the Easiest Time to Spot Invasive Bittersweet, Buckthorn and Burning Bush, UNH Extension’s Jo Russavage Says, and Vines on Big Trees Get Cut at Knee Height https://lovelygardenroots.com/kentucky-coffeetree-profile-winter-pods/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T19:00:00+00:00Kentucky Coffeetree Reaches About 75 Feet With Leaves Up to 36 Inches Long, and Its 5- to 10-Inch Pods Can Hang On Through Winter, Illinois Extension’s Emily Swihart Writes https://lovelygardenroots.com/enroth-tree-topping-storm-drains-burning-leaves/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T18:30:00+00:00Illinois Extension’s Christopher Enroth Lists Tree Topping, Blowing Clippings Toward Storm Drains and Burning Leaves Among His Horticultural Pet Peeves https://lovelygardenroots.com/quick-release-nitrogen-after-last-mowing/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T18:00:00+00:00A Quick-Release Nitrogen Feeding After the Last Mowing Gives Lawns Early Greening Next Spring, Utah State Extension’s JayDee Gunnell Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/seed-to-supper-langston-eggplants-tomatoes/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T17:30:00+00:00Jennifer Langston’s Tomatoes Struggled, but Her Eggplants Produced So Much She Shared Them With Neighbors, Oregon State’s Seed to Supper Graduates Report https://lovelygardenroots.com/fall-cover-crops-rye-crimson-clover/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T17:00:00+00:00HGTV Lists Rye Grass and Crimson Clover as Fall Cover Crops That Suppress Weeds, Stop Erosion and Feed Bare Garden Soil Over Winter https://lovelygardenroots.com/wilmington-hillcrest-live-oaks-mitigation-fee/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T16:30:00+00:00Wilmington Says It Will Not Waive an Estimated $122,000 Mitigation Fee for Six 100-Year-Old Live Oaks Slated to Come Down at the 550-Unit Hillcrest Redevelopment https://lovelygardenroots.com/sprinkler-controller-half-july-water-rain/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T16:00:00+00:00A UCCE Master Gardener Says Sprinkler Controllers Can Drop to Half of July’s Water or Less Once the First Two or Three Light Rains Have Fallen https://lovelygardenroots.com/stelts-canfield-giant-pumpkin-weigh-off/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T15:30:00+00:00Carol and Dave Stelts Won the Giant Pumpkin World Weigh-Off in Canfield, Ohio, With a 2,565.5-Pound Pumpkin and a $12,250 First Prize https://lovelygardenroots.com/divide-crowded-perennial-clumps-fall/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T15:00:00+00:00Crowded or Dying-in-the-Middle Perennial Clumps Get Cut in Halves or Thirds With a Spade or Fork, Utah State Extension’s JayDee Gunnell Says, Once Foliage Has Died Back https://lovelygardenroots.com/peach-leaf-curl-copper-spray/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T14:30:00+00:00Peach Trees Need a Copper Spray for Leaf Curl in November, and a California Master Gardener Says Products Must Be 50% Copper to Work https://lovelygardenroots.com/leave-perennial-stems-native-bees/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T14:00:00+00:00‘Leaf Removal Is Job #1’ in November, a Durham County Master Gardener Says, While Dead Perennial Stems Should Stay Standing for Native Bees https://lovelygardenroots.com/cut-back-hybrid-tea-roses-frost/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T13:30:00+00:00Hybrid Tea Roses Should Be Cut Back by at Least a Third After the First Killing Frost, HGTV Garden Expert Julie Martens Forney Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/fescue-mowing-height-november/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-08T13:00:00+00:00Clemson Extension Says Fescue Lawns Should Be Mowed at 2.5 to 3 Inches in November, Never Losing More Than a Third of the Blade https://lovelygardenroots.com/ornamental-kale-cold-hardy-color/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-07T22:30:00+00:00Ornamental Kale Survives Down to 5 Degrees Once Acclimated, Wisconsin Extension Says, and Its Color Deepens as Nights Fall Below 50 Degrees https://lovelygardenroots.com/amaryllis-potted-now-top-third/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-07T22:00:00+00:00An Amaryllis Potted Now Should Flower in 6 to 8 Weeks With Its Top Third Left Above the Soil, University of Wisconsin Extension Says https://lovelygardenroots.com/tulip-planting-zones-6-7-november/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-07T21:30:00+00:00Gardeners in Zones 6 and 7 Have Until Mid-November to Plant Tulip Bulbs 6 to 8 Inches Deep, Extension Experts Tell The Spruce https://lovelygardenroots.com/leaf-compost-bin-fertilizer/Lovely Garden Rootsen2026-11-07T21:00:00+00:00Colorado State Extension’s Fall Leaf Compost Recipe Calls for a 3-Foot Bin, Up to 1/2 Cup of Lawn Fertilizer per Bushel and Leaves as Wet as a Sponge