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Garden Calendar:
September
Get Ready
- Make sure you've ordered daffodils and other spring bulbs for
October planting.
- Build or buy compost bin in anticipation of autumn leaves.
Plant
- Plant cool season leafy root vegetables: Carrots, Beets, Turnips,
Lettuce, and Spinach.
- Sow hardy annuals: Sweet Alyssum, Calendula,
Annual Pinks, Snapdragon, and Sweet Peas.
- Sow rye grass seed in winter lawns.
Fertilize
- Stop feeding mums when the buds start showing color.
- Acidify Azaleas and Camelias.
Water
- Slow down watering of Azaleas and Hydrangea to allow them to
harden against winter freezes.
- Spray foliage of Camelias in anticipation
of their bloom.
- Water potted plants and hanging baskets frequently.
Prune
- Disbud Camellias, Dahlias, and Chrysanthemums to produce specimen
blooms. It is generally not a good idea to prune this late in
the year, because new growth will be more susceptible to winter
freezes.
Miscellaneous
- Turn compost pile.
- Propagate by layering. Scrape underside of
a strong branch, bend down to ground, cover with soil and weigh
down with a brick. Water from time to time and end of branch
will put out new growth; becoming a new plant.
- Pick flowers in
bloom and dry for future arrangements. Bundle flowers together
and hand upside down in a dry, sheltered area.
- Repot houseplants. Prune away damaged foliage
and give a good dose of food.
In Bloom
- Canna, Cosmos, Copper Plant, Marigolds, Periwinkle, Plumbago,
Crape myrtle, Althea, Four-o'clocks, Salvia, Ageratum, Coleus,
Lycoris, Aster, Begonia, Celosia, Chrysanthemum, Coral Vine,
Ginger Lily, Gladiiolus, Jacobina, Liriope, Morning Glory, Petunia,
Phlox, Rattle Box, Rose, Spider Lily, Torenia, Vinca, White Zephyranthes
Lily, Zinnia, Buddleia, Franklin Tree.
Fall Color
- Flowering Dogwood with showy, drooping red leaves.
- Ginko leaves turn pure yellow.
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