Health & Fitness
What is the best time to plant?
I get asked this question all the time by our landscaping clients. In the summer people are worried about the heat. In the winter they are afraid of the cold. And while it's true, heat and cold can be dangerous to plants, we usually have pretty mild weather here in Darien.
Does that mean you can safely at almost any time? Yes!
It is never too hot in Darien to plant. Just give the plant plenty of water. No matter when you plant, summer is going to pose the biggest challenge. If your plant dies in the first year, it will die in the summer. If your plant is well watered through that first summer it will most likely live a long time.
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It is rarely too cold to plant in Darien. Our policy is to avoid planting when the ground is frozen. This is more about us than the plant though. Even when the ground is "frozen" it's just the top 2-4 inches. These cold snaps don't last long, so just wait a couple days, and then plant in the mud!
To sum it all up: plant any time you want, except extreme cold snaps. Focus your worry instead on getting your plants happily to the other side of their first summer. And have fun.
