February To Do List

Zone 1

Order fruit and vegetable seeds, roses, bare-root trees and shrubs

Check potted or container-planted bulbs for signs of growth

Bring in pots of crocus and bulbous iris if leaves have formed

Cut branches of pussy willow, flowering quince, forsythia to force indoors if buds are beginning to swell

Freshen house plants with sprays or shower bath

Sow seeds of cool-weather vegetables indoors

Sow seeds of hardy perennials indoors

Zone 2



Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)

Water cymbidiums weekly until they bloom

Sow seeds indoors for tender perennials

Zone 3



Order seeds

Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)

Water cymbidiums weekly until they bloom

Sow seeds for tender perennials

Zone 4

Order seeds

Sow seeds indoors for hardy spring-blooming plants

Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)

Sow seeds for cool-weather vegetables

Sow frost-tolerant perennials indoors




Zone 5
Order seeds
Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming plants
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Sow seeds for cool-weather vegetables
Sow frost-tolerant perennials indoors

Zone 6
Order seeds
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals
Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming plants
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Sow seeds for cool-weather vegetables
Sow frost-tolerant perennials indoors


Zone 7

Order seeds
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals indoors
Plant ornamental trees
Prune flowering fruit trees while in bloom
Prune winter-flowering shrubs and vines after bloom
Sow seeds of warm-season vegetables indoors
Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming annuals
Plant or transplant cool-season vegetable seedlings
Zone 8

Order seeds
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals indoors
Set out cool-season annuals
Plant fruit trees
Apply dormant spray to fruit trees
Spray for peach leaf curl, peach leaf blight, and canker
Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)
Plant or repair warm-season lawns
Plant ornamental grasses
Plant or transplant frost-tolerant perennials
Sow seeds for tender perennials indoors
Plant bare-root roses
Apply dormant spray to roses
Plant bare-root trees, shrubs, and vines
Prune winter-blooming shrubs and vines just after bloom
Apply dormant spray to shrubs and vines
Plant bare-root perennial vegetables
Plant seedlings of cool-season vegetables
Sow seeds for cool- and warm-season vegetables
Protect tender plants from frost
Zone 9

Sow seeds for hardy spring-blooming annuals
Sow seeds of warm-season annuals indoors
Plant summer-flowering bulbs
Repot cacti and succulents, if essential, once they have finished blooming
Plant bare-root fruit trees
Apply dormant spray to fruit trees
Spray for peach leaf curl, peach leaf blight, and canker
Plant citrus
Repair or plant lawns
Plant or transplant frost-tolerant perennials outdoors
Sow seeds for tender perennials indoors
Plant bare-root roses
Plant bare-root trees, shrubs, and vines
Prune deciduous trees
Prune winter-flowering shrubs and vines just after bloom
Plant bare-root perennial vegetalbes
Plant seedlings of cool-season or winter vegetables
Sow seeds for cool-season or winter vegetables
Sow seeds for warm-season vegetables indoors
Z one 10

Order seeds
Sow seeds for warm-season annuals
Set out seedlings of warm-season annuals
Set out summer-flowering bulbs
Repot cacti and succulents, if essential, once they have finished blooming
Plant bare-root fruit trees
Prune flowering fruit trees while in bloom
Spray for peach leaf curl, peach leaf blight, and canker
Plant citrus
Protect citrus from frost damage
Feed houseplants that are growing or blooming
Plant bare-root roses
Plant bare-root shrubs and vines
Prune evergreen shrubs
Prune winter-flowering shrubs and vines after bloom
Plant bare-root trees
Plant or transplant cool-season vegetable seedlings
Sow warm-season vegetable seeds
Transplant warm-season vegetable seedlings

Zone 11

Sow seed of summer annuals indoors
Sow seeds of hardy vegetables indoors
Improve soil by spading in humus
Plant bare-root trees, shrubs, vines, roses
Be ready to shelter tender plants against frost
Finish dormant spraying