What to do in the July Garden
- Pull/cut (finally!) collapsed daffodil foliage; place in compost.
- Change out tired pansies for summer annuals such as New Guinea impatiens, cheery marigolds, or wax begonias.
- Continue to weed and mulch.
- Water new transplants regularly; patio plants, too.
- When gaps appear in the garden, plug with containers of colorful annuals.
- Refresh weary potted annuals by depotting the plant and slicing off the bottom third of its rootball. Place new potting soil into the container, and replace plant. Water.
- Make sure you've deadheaded your pieris, rhodies and lilacs. Not only will they be more attractive, but they'll put more energy into next year's flowers instead of seed production.
- Continue to bait slugs with an organic product such as Slugg-O or diatomaceous earth.
- Deadhead roses and scatter one more helping of organic fertilizer, in order to replay bloom cycle.
- Pull spent biennials such as forget-me-nots and lunaria.
- Feed the butterflies! Make sure your garden sports such plants as asclepias (for the Monarchs), tall verbena, monarda, and phlox.
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What's in Print
Look for my article on Garden Tours in the summer issue of Connecticut Gardener
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