"How late can I fertilize lawns into the fall?"

Mark answers: Turf will keep picking up fertilizer for a period of about two weeks after the top stops growing. Cool season grasses with average weather will continue growing into late November, albeit very slowly. So potentially the grass will keep picking up fertility into mid December as long as there is no snow cover and the ground has not yet frozen.

Given all this I would say you could make applications in early November, and as it gets later in the month start cutting back rates to maybe ¾ or ½ depending on what the weather has been doing.

We have  10-20-15 with 1% iron - a classic fall fertilizer that encourages root growth and winter hardiness. Another excellent fertilizer for the environmentally minded is Plant Health Care's 8-1-9.  This fertilizer has an abundance of microbes promoting healthy plants through the soil ecosystem.

As far as what you should be doing right now I would recommend putting down some 9-2-5 with 6 % iron. This will provide an outstanding deep green fall color (remember plants need iron to make chlorophyll) then six to eight weeks later apply the 8-1-9 or 10-20-15 in mid to late October and into November. This will assure the grass will go into winter healthy and get off to a great, early start next spring!

Submit your landscaping question via email to sbarbier@planterschoice.com and you'll be entered in a monthly drawing to receive 10% off your next purchase (pick up only, does not apply to deliveries). Please use "Question of the Week" in the subject line and let me know if you want your name and business mentioned. 

Here's a list of great looking perennials - in stock and in good supply - ready for your next job! 

'Moonshine' Yarrow and Leadwort

Achillea x 'Moonshine' (Yarrow) full, budded and blooming

Alchemilla  mollis (Lady's Mantle) Full in the pot, great foliage plant and filler in mixed borders 

Sempervivum tec. calcareum (Hens and Chicks) full in their pots. Great for small nooks in walls and against rocks in sunny gardens. Also nice for trough-like containers. 

Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstonne' Tall in their pots and blooming. Great meadow plant or back of the border. Bright yellow blooms are quite long lasting. Sturdy plant for their height - 7'!

Thanks Heather, great shot!

Get your customers excited about growing their own fruit!
 

On SPECIAL this week  are the fruit trees in the 10 and 15 gallon containers!  Choose from Pears ('Anjou', 'Moonglow', 'Shinseiki' Asian), Plums ('Methley'), Cherries ('White Gold', 'Black York'/Eastern Bing) and Apples ('Pink Lady')

Quantities are limited.  First come first served. This special will last while suplies last.  Call ahead to assure the best selection.

Read more about those varieties here.  

Continued specials on:

Magnolia 1 - 10% off, 2 or more - 20% off 

B&B Cherry Laurel ('Otto Lyuken' & 'Schip.') 10%

All Tropicals 75%! 

Valid:  Sat. Sept. 1st - Fri. Sept. 7   

*Price is net. No further discount applies. 

Incoming this week- Holly, Japanese Cedar and Evergreens!   

River Birch down from our holding area

Betula nigra (River Birch) 12/14'

Deciduous Shrubs

Privet 4/5', 5/6' fresh stock in Watertown

Broadleaf and Specimen Evergreens

Azalea 'Gumpo Pink'  

Buxus semp (Boxwood) 'Suffruiticosa', 'Variegata'
B. sin. 'Justin Browers' 3 gallon

Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' (Japanese Cedar) 7/8', 10/12'

Ilex crenata 'Chesapeake', 'Excelsa Schwoebel', 'Green Luster', 'Nigra', 'Steeds'

I. glabra 'Shamrock' 

I. pernyii (West Virginia Pernyi Holly) 5/6'

I. x 'Dragon Lady' (Holly) 

Juniperus chin. (Juniper) 'Blue Point', 'Mountbatten' 7/8'

J. horizontalis 'Plumosa Compacta Youngstown'

J. virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar) Straight species and 'Manhattan' 6/7'

Picea glauca 'Conica'

Breck just brought down another load of fresh White Pine from our farm.

Pinus strobus (White Pine)

Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald Green' (Eastern Arborvitae) 5/6', 6/7', 'Nigra' 4/5', '5/6', '6/7'
T. plicata (Western Arborvitae) 5/6', 6/7', 7/8'

Groundcover 
Liriope (Lily Turf) 'Big Blue' & 'Variegata'

L. spicata (Creeping Liriope)

Pachysandra (Spurge) flats

August exits with a bang!

Perennials

So much in bloom right now you could easily find something in every color and size for sun and shade - Come take a look!
  

Fall Annuals 
Cabbage & Kale 1 gallon PC Grown, 6 varieties available 

Mums 8" & 12" Just in and breaking color.

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