A Little September Garden Care

We’ve got a taste now of the cooler weather, nights in the 50s and 60s, days in the 70s.  Now it’s time to give your September garden a little tidy up.

Annuals:

• Deadhead flowers to keep them blooming til frost.  Cut spent flowers of zinnias, marigolds, and pincushion.
• If petunias are getting leggy, trim them back to half their size.
• If some annuals are just plain dead, replace them with fall ornamental cabbages, purple fountain grass, or other plants in oranges, reds and purples.

Perennials:

• Some perennials enjoy a haircut, like hydrangea, cat mint, yarrow, and echinacea.  Trimming them up provides a spurt of growth.

Weeding:

• Take some time after trimming up your plants to stop weeds that have been maturing under your garden’s growth.

Fall Plantings:

• It’s a good time to start thinking about Spring bulbs, planting garlic, or adding some Evergreens to your yard.  Best to do some of these tasks within a few weeks time.

Tiding up really helps the garden pop again and gets you a little bit in control over your little bit of nature.