As the weather gets cooler, not only do the leaves change color, but subtle changes begin to take shape in your landscape. Many plants will begin to prepare themselves for the cooler months of fall and winter. What can you do in your garden during the month of October?
•Have soil pH tested, make necessary amendments
•Transplant established trees and shrubs after they have lost their leaves
•It's the best time of year to seed new lawns, warm days and cool nights facilitate rapid weed free turf establishment
•Seed until frost; discontinue after frost
•Avoid planting flats of evergreen ground cover (pachysandra, ivy, myrtle) after frost
•Plant all trees, shrubs and perennials
•Clean up perennials beds after frosts (cut back, clean up what has died down)
•Plant hardy spring-flowering bulbs
•Dig and store summer-flowering bulbs and tubers
1 comments:
Yes, fall is going to bring a lot of changes. Most beautiful on the landscape are the changing colors of foliage.
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