Plant potatoes only after soil amendment, most importantly after incorporating fertilizers.Apply herbicides (preferably pre-emergent) to control the weeds throughout the year.Help improve soil fertility and drainage by adding compost and organic matter to your soil.Remove any debris, leave, and twigs to clean your gardens, discouraging weeds invasion.Keep a tab on the weather forecast to build a plant calendar for the whole year.Moreover, by the start of March, you must get your planting gear, like a trowel and gardening gloves. Spring is the season to begin planting in Zone 9, as the last frost ends just before the onset of spring. So, here are some care tips your plant requires during all four seasons. The plant demands additional care and effort for the topmost results and a handful of harvests. Selecting the perfect plant for a certain time of the year only doesn’t ensure your garden’s establishment and growth in any zones.

Herbs: Sage, Dill, Fennel, Cilantro, ThymeĬool-season Vegetables: Celery, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrot, Lettuce Herbs: Parsley, Cilantro, Chives, Garlic & sageĬontinue with cool-season vegetables and herbs from the list above

Vegetables & Herbs: Collard, Cucumber, Arugula, Brussel Sprouts, Chard, Cauliflower & Cornīulb: Agapanthus, Rain Lily, Arabian Night Martagon Lily, Turk's Cap Lily, etc Perennials: Ageratum, Coleus, Zinnia, Wax Begonia & Elephant's Ear Vegetables & Herbs: Tomatoes, Beans, Carrots, Ginger, Laurel, Rosemary & Cucumber Vegetables: Start Halloween Pumpkins, other Squashes, Okra, Southern Peas, Eggplant, Radish & Carrotsįlowers: Aztec Lily, Butterfly Lily, Walking Iris, Spider Lily, Kalanchoe & Vinca Vegetables & Herbs: Calabaza, Malabar Spinach, Sweet Potato, Okra, Basil, RosemaryĪnnual Flowers: Butterfly lily, Gladiolus, Celosia, Coleus & Ornamental pepper Heat-loving Herbs & Vegetables: Basil, Mexican Tarragon, Lavender, Rosemary, Okra, Southern Peas, Sweet Potato & Ornamental PepperĪnnuals: Celosia, Portulaca, Vinca & Some Coleus Ornamental Grass: Leatherleaf sedge, Panic grass, Zebra grass, Blue oat grass, Fountain grass & Hakone grass Vegetables: Beans, Sweet corns, squash, Cucumber & Muskmelon Warm-season Vegetables & Herbs: Beans, Pepper, Squash, Corn, Tomatoes, Eggplant, Basil, Parsley, Thyme, Oregano & Cilantro Perennials: Dianthus, Strawflower, Petunia & Lobelia (Starting Seed Indoors)īulbs of Amazon lily, Crinum and Agapanthus (outdoors)įlower: Angelonia, Gazania & Salvia instead of winter annuals Monthsįlowers: Pansy, Dianthus, Petunia, Snapdragon & CamelliasĬool-season vegetables: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Peas, Swiss chard, Collards, Lettuce, Onion & Parsley (outdoors) So, depending on your local weather conditions, you may have to adjust planting early or later.īesides, the temperature in this zone rarely dips below freezing during the winter, so a few cold-hardy plants may find the summer heat challenging to survive.

With seasonal changes and unforeseen weather, the frost date might fluctuate. Generally, planting is done after the last frosts have fully passed, i.e., from early March onwards in Zone 9.

Growing thyme in zone 9