What better way to introduce September than with the beautiful photo of chrysanthemums in a fall garden. June may have its rare days but garden enjoyment is not, and should never be, a one-season affair, as photos prove.
Fall is as good a gardening season as any, both to appreciate what past labors have accomplished and to actively prepare for future seasons. Weatherwise it is just about ideal for both gardeners and their plants, with cool mornings and evenings and comfortably warm mid-days generally being the rule.
The soil is cooperative and only waits to be improved or prepared to receive trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs. The hectic pace that, in the spring, accompanies such extracurricular projects as building and setting up fences and walls or laying brick or flagstone is missing: at this season these activities are fun projects that can be carried out carefully and leisurely.
If you are one of the gardeners who has yet to learn what fall as a gardening season can mean to you, now is the time to start. You will soon find that fall planting is not just an idea…. it is a part of gardening that can only give you a better garden and additional pleasure.
So get into the swing and start planning your fall planting now. Ordering early is good advice for any planting season. Studying your own property now while plants are still in foliage and even in flower, supplemented by nursery lists, catalogs and website visits, will help you decide what new plants and projects are needed.
While singing this September song and the praises of fall planting in general, it should be emphasized that some plants, peonies for one, prefer fall planting to any other season.
Camellias, long favorites in the South and’ on the West Coast, can grow in many sections of the North, too.
While peonies prefer fall planting, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and other spring-blooming bulbs demand it! Check for new tulip varieties to order now.
There are all kinds of daffodils you can plant this fall. It sounds like you have plenty to keep you busy!
The end of summer only means that chrysanthemums come into their own! If you plant early and late-blooming varieties, chrysanthemums will be with you from late summer to early winter. You can dig them while in full bloom and move a few clumps to any part of the garden that needs their color most. Modern varieties are hardy, versatile… plant them generously.
