Zone 6b planting calendars, native plants, lawns, balconies and where to buy in the GTA.
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October is the planting month at five of the seven GTA weather stations, and the first frost is not your deadline. Here is the window, the depth and the price, from seven stations and nine GTA sources.
We checked 21 GTA tree programmes. Ten come with no price attached, seven charge a set price, four pay part of the bill. Who qualifies, and which windows are open.
The average first fall frost is November 6 downtown and October 13 in Markham. Here is the autumn shutdown in the order those two dates force it, task by task.
Old wood or new wood decides the date. The species-by-species calendar for GTA gardens, tied to Environment Canada frost data, RBG's lilac bloom record and the by-laws that can stop you cutting.
Toronto is Canadian hardiness zone 7a, not 5b or 6a, and the GTA's frost-free season varies by 47 days end to end. Here is the calendar that follows from those two facts.
Mid-August to mid-September is Ontario's real seeding window. Here are the soil temperatures each species needs, the Pearson climate normals behind the dates, and the four ways a seeding burns your money.
Which GTA nurseries grow their own stock, what their written plant guarantees actually cover, where to find Ontario natives, and how to get a tree for free.
