Container Gardening

Summer is here and now is the time to relax and enjoy your garden. This is my front garden. As you can see it is in full Summer bloom.

There are still some gardening maintenance tasks but they can be done at a leisurely pace. Water your container plants in the evening during hot dry weather so the plants have the cool of the night to absorb the moisture.

Deadhead your flowers (picking of the spent flowers) to keep your flowers looking great all summer. It will not only spruce up the look of the container, it will often encourage the plant to produce more flowers.

If certain plants get too large, don’t be afraid to cut them back by half or more. Other than lilies or peonies, most perennials will respond well to pruning during the summer. Tall growing plants might need to be staked. This is easiest to do when the plants are first planted because they can be be firmly fastened to the support as they grow taller.

Enjoy the fruits of your Spring labour.

Lori

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