🌸 January – March (Winter to Early Spring)

Best for: deciduous fruit trees, citrus, bare-root planting, hedges

• Apples, pears, plums (dormant planting = strongest start)

• Citrus (mandarin, lemon, lime, kumquat)

• Evergreen hedges (podocarpus, pittosporum, photinia)

• Camellias, azaleas

• Cold-tolerant herbs

Why: Cool temperatures help roots establish before summer heat.

🌼 April – June (Spring to Early Summer)

Best for: flowering shrubs, warm-season vegetables, fast-growing privacy trees

• Hydrangeas, gardenias, loropetalum

• Bougainvillea, lantana

• Italian cypress, willow hybrids, podocarpus

• Avocado, fig, pomegranate

• Mediterranean varieties (olive, lavender, rosemary)

Why: Rapid growth season, longer sunlight, ideal for expansion.

☀️ July – September (Summer & Heat Season)

Best for: heat-loving plants and drought-tolerant landscapes

• Olives, citrus (mid-summer feedings)

• Desert plants (agave, yucca, cactus)

• Hardy privacy plants (eucalyptus, bamboo)

• Heat-tolerant fruit trees (figs, jujube, mulberry)

Why: These plants thrive in heat and dry weather.
Note: Water deeply during the first two weeks after planting.

🍁 October – December (Fall – the Best Planting Season in California)

Best for: almost everything—fall is California’s No.1 planting season

• Trees of all sizes (shade trees, structure trees, privacy trees)

• All fruit trees (including bare-root prep in December)

• Shrubs and hedges

• Japanese maples

• Perennials and groundcovers

Why: Warm soil + cool air = perfect root growth with minimal stress.

Monthly Tips (Dynamic Section You Can Use on Website)

• Check irrigation every month, especially transitions between seasons

• Adjust fertilizing based on heat or dormancy

• Mulch in spring and fall to protect roots

• Watch microclimates: coastal, inland, fog zones differ greatly

• Heat protection for new plants in July–August