It's late summer and you may have noticed that the garden isn't looking as great as it was a month ago (mine sure wasn't when we got back from Colorado!)
Canadian Gardening has put together some great tips for what you can do to give your garden a little facelift at this time of year...
Start with the basics: water, weed, cut back what doesn't look good, and deadhead!
The article gives specific tips for taking care of annuals and perennials at this time of year
Good tip: Make sure that your plants really are dead before pulling them out. Sometimes perennials will lose their leaves in extreme heat, but their roots are still very much alive. If a plant is diseased, don't add it into your compost pile -- put it in the garbage to make sure it doesn't come back.
I've spent the better part of this weekend trying to give my garden a 'facelift'...it's always so much work when you come home after a vacation!
Great tips from Canadian Gardening, as always.
Photos taken around my late summer garden on August 15
1. zinnias 2. cosmos 3. purple coneflower 4. phlox
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