Colorado Gardening

Advice and observations from your csu extension horticulture agents and specialists.
Colorado gardening. For the latest in colorado gardening check out garden news. For current gardening events and classes check out what s happening. If starting a new colorado garden preparation involves choosing a suitable location designing the layout and preparing the soil.
About colorado gardener we provide our readers with the ideas information resources inspiration and sense of humor needed to grow ornamental and edible plants successfully in our fast changing unpredictable climate. Colorado gardening for everyone. Colorado state university larimer county csu extension and the gardens on spring creek are working collaboratively to publish noco bloom.
Welcome to the colorado gardening web pages. Colorado master gardeners work to enhance coloradans quality of life by extending knowledge based education to local communities helping individuals make informed decisions about plants and fostering successful gardeners while protecting neighborhood environments. Planting calendars for places in colorado.
Follow the planting schedules below for when to plant tomatoes peppers and other vegetables. Find the best dates for planting and transplanting vegetables and fruit. Csu annual flower trial garden the purpose of the trial program conducted at the annual flower trial garden is to evaluate the performance of different annual plant cultivars under our unique rocky mountain environmental conditions.
Gardeners in northern colorado have a resource for gardening information. March may july and september. The largest barrier to gardening in colorado posted by bryantm251 garden planning irrigation watering uncategorized 2 comments the single most important factor to having a successful vegetable garden is.
Based on frost dates and planting zones. Colorado on average has approximately 120 days between the last and first frost. If you re a beginner gardener it s important to not get over your head in the size or scope of your garden as this will only lead to frustration.