Keep planting, it's only August!

We may be on the down side of the growing season, but now is a great time to add plants that give long lasting value to your landscape.

There are a few good reasons why August is a good time to stay active in the landscape. Some perennials aren't even available from the nurseries until late summer. If you want those plants, you have to wait until about now to buy them.


Garden centers and nurseries will also start end-of-season sales during the next few weeks. Those bargains can bring even more value for your landscape dollar.

Around early August is also when we start thinking about autumn being around the corner and the need to show fall color in the yard. And the most compelling reason of all to stay involved in the landscape is that the more we plant this season, the more plants we'll have to enjoy this time next year. Factor in that perennials are planted once and enjoyed for years to come and you have landscape value you can't afford to pass up.

The showy pink plant above is one you may be seeing in landscapes right about now. Disco Belle Hibiscus is one of the plants that blooms mid-season-about the time we're over the petunias and missing the Columbine and ready for a fresh face in the garden.

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