Fall can be a great refresher for your garden; it is also a perfect time to revamp your summer containers with some fresh fall flowers. Garden mums are showing their cheerful earth tone colors, and the pansies and violas are flashing their smiling faces. It is also a great time to think ahead to spring. Spring flowering bulbs are now in stock and ready for sale at our garden Center. It is easy to forget that the gorgeous colors early on next year come from what you do now.
Fall and late autumn are a great time (once again) to CLEAN and MULCH. If you struggled with finding time during the summer and let the weeds get out of control now is the time to rid your beds of them. You are best to do
it before they set seed and flourish next spring and summer. This is also a great time to re-mulch your beds and protect your tender perennials. Most importantly though is to enjoy the amazing colors of fall.
Fall is also a great time for adding trees and shrubs to the landscape. The warm soil and cool air is great for root development. In some cases plants that are put into the ground in the fall tend to fair better than those planted in the spring. This is because they have all the fall and all of the following spring to get established before the most stressful time of the year for plants, the summer.
Fall is the time you buy and plant spring flowering bulbs like Tulips and Daffodils. We have a good selection of bulbs available at the garden center throughout the fall. Keep in mind some bulbs are only available in limited quantities, so it is best to shop early, especially for new or unusual varieties. Even if you do shop early, the best time to plant your bulbs is in October, when the weather is cool and stays cool.
As your summer flowers fade away, there are lots of plants that you can plant for fall color:
Burning Bush
Maples (Acers)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Witch-hazel (Hamamelis)
Garden Mums (Chrsyanthemum)
Asters
Pansies/Violas
Flowering Kale
You can get two seasons from pansies if you plant them in the fall. They love the cool weather and will be very colorful throughout the fall. They will lie dormant through the winter, but will spring up on warm days and show off their faces. Next spring since they are established, they will be even bigger and more beautiful.
Here are some great information sheets for fall gardening: