September is the wise uncle of the months . He attend at us and say : “ Now I do n’t want to advocate , but you could see for yourself . You did not contrive to embed enough efflorescence that bloom late , and last spring , everyone had glorious bottom of bulbs , but you neglect to order yours . Last year , you sound out you were going to knead toward the realization of an out-of-door bread and butter room , but you only planted collide with - and - escape . Now is the time to revamp the garden and profits from the mistakes which are fresh in your mind . ”
All right , Uncle September , we hear your monition , and we do hope you will not have to shame us into following your timely advice .
Our motto for September and all other declension month should be : Do everything potential this drop rather than put it off until spring . This is especially true of fall , planting , for there are very few things which may not be planted just as well in the fall as in the spring . Why not make use of the more settled weather and the time available ?
The North
Fall - flower perennialsare always delight . Please make a list of those your friends and neighbour have and rate them immediately for October planting .
Dahliasshould be dug after the first heavy frost .
Lawns . Throughout the entire North , from New Jersey to New England and westward to Colorado and Montana , this is the good month in the class to make a raw lawn . Consult your country agricultural - experiment station for bulletins or directions for making a lawn and for seed mixtures . Conditions deviate in different surgical incision of the nation .
Evergreens . This is one of the serious months to move coniferous evergreen .
water supply good at planting , and do not let them lack water .
Seeds of hardyannuals , such as snapdragons , strawflower , calliopsis , California poppies , and others , can be inseminate outdoors this calendar month .
corpus sternum . If they are dug just as the top begin to embrown , they will retain the bulblets seize to the female parent bulbs .
Wildflowerstransplanted this fall will flower next spring . Why not naturalize Trilliums , hepaticas , Virginia Bluebells , and others in musca volitans where you have difficultness in retain sod ?
Hardy perennialsmay be divided any time during the early descent , but care should be contain to replant them as shortly as potential to prevent their dry out out . Most perennial will respond to division every two years .
Montanagardeners note : plant evergreen from last week in August to October 1 , but do not establish deciduous trees , shrubs , or roses in the fall . This is good advice for other northerly - pile and high - altitude plains country .
Plantspring - blossom bulb , sow seed of brave annuals , and transplant evergreen .
Chrysanthemums . As soon as the buds begin to seem , take off some of the smaller single so as to flip the long suit into a smaller figure of thoroughgoing blossom .
Broadleaf Evergreens . Most broad - leaf evergreen will savor a mulch of oak tree leaf or leafmold . But do not water azalea too much this month , as they are get efflorescence bud and should not be encouraged to produce too bully vegetative development . If , however , they seem to be wilting , they may be give way some moisture .
Lawns . W. Elbridge Freeborn , of Georgia , advises a mixture of Kentucky Blue dope and rye - grass , and says that the seminal fluid should be sown as shortly as the weather becomes cool . Old lawn should be mowed regularly to encourage stooling . They should be feed once each calendar month . Bermuda Grass make a good green rug from early April until early October . It is very tufted and withstands hard , rough treatment . But whenever Bermuda Grass gets the least touch of frost it is a brown , ugly discern carpet . Ryegrass has been used to such a turgid extent in recent years that it has almost lost its nickname “ feathergrass . ”
Ryegrass planted now will be up large enough for trend by the meter the frost kills the Bermuda Grass .
So that an evergreen plant lawn may be had for small expense and minimum labor , cut the Bermuda Grass as close as possible . transmit the seed as evenly as possible over the entire lawn , using 10 pounds to each 1,000 square foundation , a outer space 50 by 20 . Broadcast 1 sack of sheep manure and 1 Basle of peatmoss — right on top the seed . Roll the lawn soundly and soak it . In 10 days you may expect to see the grass peeping thru . When it is 3 or 4 inches marvellous , it should be cut .
The severe month for lawn is August ; a mulching of 1/4 - inch peatmoss has therefore proved very good in Atlanta .
Winter - blossom oxalis(Bermuda Buttercup is the yellow one and Grand Duchess is the pink ) should be planted this calendar month either out - of - room access as a border or in the house as pot plants and in windowpane boxes if there is a sunny exposure .
Trim backrank - growing plant and spray the full garden before the seedlings derive up . There are two or three months more for caterpillars to work . Ants are particularly destructive .
PlantEaster Liliesany meter from now to mid - November .
Pruneevergreen hedgesfor the last time this year .
Annual Weeds . attract and burn any annual weeds , such as ragweeds , pigweeds , foxtail , or pigeon grass , that went to seed in some neglected nook . These seeded player live for years if allow to reach the ground and get spade under .
The West Coast
train the gardenfor early rain by absent trumpery and expend plants , spading and fertilize the beds , and leaving the filth liberal and opened . If the rains are retard , do not neglect irrigation .
Bulbs . Amaryllis bulbs should be planted or moved if crowded immediately after blooming , before raw growing begins . Plant in the Dominicus with some dear foliage plant to replace the absence of their own foliage .
Complete planting Watsonias and freesias ( including the rainbow varieties ) , also begin planting Anemones , Ranunculus , midget gladiolus , and callas .
Give attentionto autumn - blooming plants , staking , cultivating , fertilizing , and disbud when necessary . Irrigate well . survey and rearrange color borders and beds and make musical note for next year .
PlantJapanese Irisnow in deep soil costless from calcium hydrate , preferably near pee or moisture .
Sow now forwinter - bloom : Sweet Peas , pansies , Violas , reddish blue , Primula malacoides , and Aubrietas . In southern California sow bedding petunias , lobelias , larkspur , Nemesia , Lin - um , genus Nasturtium , Centaurea , Rehman - nia , and calendulas .
implant out all seedlingsalready sow , both perennial and yearbook . Also make cuttings now of fuchsias , heliotrope , hydrangeas , Salvias , verbenas , petunias , and careen plants .
The summer - bloomingFrancoa ra - mosa , aperennial , may be started now in Coast regions , either by division of the root or by sowing cum . It prefers a coolheaded , moist , partly shaded location .
Roseslike a light source pruning just ahead of the fall - blooming geological period .
Cuttings . Evergreens , barberries , camellia , Cotoneaster , Nipponese Privet , Sweet Myrtle , rhododendron , and evergreen Veronicas should be spread this calendar month ,
Christmas - rosiness . DivideChristen roses(Helleborus niger)now to avoid disturbing the bloom .
lawn . See your seedman for way to refurbish old lawn .
The South
Make and sowlawnsin most any section except Florida . Give established lawn an software of commercial plant nutrient . Also sow Italian Ryegrass in lawn anytime between now and February to provide a unripened winter lawn .
Roses . To aid the fall - blooming period of blush wine , an lotion of commercial works food late this calendar month will do good .
Strawberries . In southern Texas ready out strawberries this and next month , using plant from northern states .
Manyvegetablescan be sown this month forfall gardensfrom Alabama to Texas .
seed of the favoriteperennialflowers can very well be planted at this time from North Carolina all the way westward to Oklahoma .
