It’s time to change over your summer annuals for some fresh late summer and fall plants! Fall Mums: This is the classic fall flower to add to window boxes, containers and garden beds. Mums prefer to be in a sunny location and they do best out of the summer heat. Mid to late September is […]
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Here’s a checklist of things to do to your Cape Cod lawn and garden September: ____ Spread lime on the lawn (50lbs per 1000sq ft) if not already done this year ____ Fertilize the lawn with a fertilizer such as Jonathan Green’s Green-Up ____ Spread new grass seed starting from Mid-September until the end of
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Holly bushes and Winterberry are often what we think of for fall and winter berries. However, there are some other great berry producing shrubs that do well in the Cape Cod garden in some surprising colors! Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’ – Commonly referred to as Beautyberry, this deciduous shrub produces amazing purple berries that are
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Summer is a great time in terms of design to add plants to the garden. Why? Because often times, when we plan out a garden in the Spring, we think of Spring and early Summer plants only. By the time August comes along, your garden has very few plants in bloom. Adding late-blooming plants now
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It’s that time of year… you can almost smell the apple cider as you look out and see the leaves changing for fall! To help add some additional color to your fall landscape here is a list of trees in the order of this photo to give almost all the colors of the rainbow! (Note: these
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Oh, fall. The time of leaves changing, mums blooming and pumpkin everything. It is also the time to spruce up the window boxes, containers and doorways with a myriad of decorative options. Here are a few ideas to help you decide how you want to decorate this season. Window Boxes: As opposed to the spring, in the
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Fall is a great time to plant nursery stock such as trees and shrubs. The reason it is a good time to plant is because as the soil cools off in the fall, the roots become very active until hard frost, which usually occurs in late November or December. This is a good time to
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