Flowers

        • Plant fragrant flowers, such as sage and lavender, to attract pollinators to the vegetable garden.

        • Fertilize roses with 1/4 cup Epsom salts per plant. Avoid adding other fertilizers to prevent burning of foliage.

        • Cut back nepita (catmint) by two-thirds to keep plant compact and encourage more blooming.

        • Oenothera (Ozark Sundrop) can be sheared after blooming back to its basal evergreen rosettes. No further pruning is needed until next season.

Landscape

        • Pines that are yellowing and losing needles before the normal end-of-summer shedding time may benefit from soil sulfur applied to the drip line. Apply at the rate of 1 pound sulfur per 100 square feet. Scratch into soil with garden rake and water to begin the slow migration to the root area. Watch for improved vigor and deeper green color in six-eight weeks.

Vegetables

        • Begin the fall vegetable garden. Plant seeds of beets, Chinese cabbage, carrots, collards, endive, kale, leaf lettuce mustard greens and turnips.

        • Place a rain gauge in the garden to be sure adequate moisture is being received. Established plants need 1 inch of water per week.

        • Prevent and minimize disease by installing a soaker hose or watering from below. If watering overhead, complete early in the day so foliage dries before nightfall.

        Contact the Civic Garden Center Hotline by e-mail: hotline@civicgardencenter.org, or phone, 221-8733.

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