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September
Harvesting the Rewards …

TREES AND SHRUBS
  • buy new selections at sales prices and plant now, watering well
ANNUALS
  • pull out any faded or frost-killed varieties
  • plant flowering cabbage and kale for continuing colour
  • continue collecting seeds
PERENNIALS
  • divide and move perennials
  • take advantage of sales to make new plantings
BULBS AND TUBERS
  • plant spring flowering bulbs
  • dig up begonias, callas, gladiolas, cannas etc. for storage
ROSES
  • clean up fallen, diseased foliage
  • leave some spent blooms to form hips
VEGETABLES
  • harvest carrots, potatoes, beets, squash
  • pick remaining tomatoes to ripen indoors
HERBS
  • pot up tender herbs such as rosemary to overwinter
  • harvest herbs for drying
LAWNS
  • re-seed bare spots
  • fertilize
PATIO/CONTAINER PLANTS
  • move into sheltered location to protect from frost
THE GARDENER
  • savour the last warm sunshine