- Plant seeds of biennial and perennial flowers that don’t need a winter chill to germinate for flowers next year: Delphiniums (from seeds of existing plants - best when really fresh), English daisy and most other daisies, forget-me-nots, pansies (for fall/winter/spring bloom), lupines, dianthus (including carnations, pinks and sweet William), wall flowers, catchfly, poppies, columbines, snapdragons, yarrow as well as evening primrose and sundrops (Oenothera).
- Deadhead old rose blooms (if harvesting hybrid teas cut stem just above five leaflets and not three, which promotes future blooming as well as fuchsias and other annuals.
- Prune wisteria back hard. You can cut them back to a foot from the main stem.
