As I've mentioned (too many times?) before, we will be selling our house next spring. I'm wondering what steps I can take this fall or next spring to prep the garden to put on a good show. We're targeting mid-March to put the house on the market.
Based on last spring the Japanese Maples will be leafing out by then; of course, next year may be different than this year. I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to encourage things to leaf out and/or bloom a bit early, since the timing is a bit early for showing the garden off to good advantage. For instance, I usually start fertilizing in mid March - is it okay to start a few weeks earlier & to to use "bloom" fertilizer so early in the season?
Feel free to let me know if this isn't the appropriate thread for this conversation; I figured I'd start here since we're all California gardeners.
Thanks!
Liz
