Priscilla’s To-Do List for October into early November! Begin to cut back spent perennials in stages on dry days to prevent spread of fungal leaf diseases and consider leaving some standing through winter as refugia for pollinators Rake or use an electric blower to remove heavy layers of leaves from lawns to prevent smothering the…
Priscilla’s Guide for September To-Do’s in Your Garden! Begin to divide and transplant perennials that are not fall bloomers Add new plants and carefully mulch to prevent winter heaving Complete order for fall planted bulbs Clean up summer annuals like petunias as they fade and use an organic liquid foliar feed weekly to encourage strong…
August is the Time for… Keeping up with weeding, touching up mulch as necessary Deadheading flowers to promote new bloom Picking ripening vegetables to hasten more flower buds that lead to more crops Cleaning up spent foliage in vegetable gardens and removing from the site Watering by hand as needed Staking tall annuals and perennials…
Pumpkin Brook maintains its own nursery of field-grown perennials and shrubs. Many perennials were started from seed years ago. Other perennials are raised from plugs or divisions. Often these plants are hard-to-find varieties that we stock to use in designs. Items are available all during the growing season. 2018 Available Plant List
While sorting through my files recently, I found an article about this lovely understory tree which has four seasons of interest. Native to the mountains of central China, it is becoming increasingly rare in its native habitat. It seems the tree sets very few fertile seeds and does not root from cuttings. Populations have been…
