Fall is here and we are now looking at our depleted vegetable gardens, spent perennials and brown lawns; our trees in various stages of color and/or "balding"! Is there anything we can do right now to help tuck them in for winter? Yup, there sure is. And in particular, new plantings.
Early in the year (2024) we had flooding, then the rains stopped and we've gone weeks/months without a nice soaking rainfall. Some homeowners have watered, some (me, mostly) have not. I do water my annual container plants and also newly planted garden areas including the one pictured below. It is on the east side of my home. I'm going to have to protect my Bush Honeysuckle (diervilla) from the bunnies that live under my porch. They are lucky they're cute and I'm not a good shot! Plants include Crabapple, Bush Honeysuckle, Mammoth mum, hosta, grasses, ajuga and annuals.