As September come along we sometimes sense a little sagging of interest an inclination to “ let the garden go ” since the growing season is attract to a stopping point . Early Fall , however , is a vital period in horticulture , and it is crucial that we do not drop the thing which require doing before frost . September activities may assure success for the coming year .
Early September is the metre to program , purchase , and flora for next bound ’s bulb garden , and it is a o.k. way to recover from that early autumn find that gardening will soon be over for the year . A bundle of bulb catalogue , pencil and newspaper will inspire any true gardener .
First of all , measure the space to be give to fall planted bulbs and calculate the number , which will be want . Then get out the catalogs ; or well yet , inflict the bulb cultivator personally and make your natural selection with an eye to what sort of force you wish to create .
Among the daffodil there are the hardy gargantuan trumpets , of whichGiant Killer isone of the big ; the graceful medium trump like the beautiful but poorly namedGertic Millar;the boot - foliaged jonquils for realistic plantings ; the delicacy , cluster - flowered species hybrids such asAgnes HarveyandPearly Queenwhich , together with the deep colourize short poetazOrange Queen , are ideal for rock’n’roll plantings ; the angelic - sweet-scented and striking poetaz types , of whichFranz Hals isa good lesson , with prominent clusters of belittled , flat , frilled blossoms , yellow - cupped , and with a creamy floral envelope .
Add a few species tulips to your list for unusual and frail ravisher and some of that old blue - and - T. H. White favorite , chionodoxas or aureole - of - the - snow . These , together with hyacinths , scillas , and crocus will fill the bulb beds with colour when Spring comes again .
Next month will be metre enough for some lightbulb planting ; though it is better for the Narcissus pseudonarcissus to go into the ground as before long as the bulbs are delivered .
Roses also may be ordered in September for speech and planting during the month . If you are a social station amateur , refer a honest generator on the item of planting , for it is an accurate and crucial business concern . Lack ofplanting cognition may cost you your new roses . Among the successful new blush wine areGloaming , an everbloomer of radiance - pinko overlaid with salmon ; thegold medalwinner , Eclipse , a lovely unmortgaged yellow ; and the nippy , brilliant littlePermanent Wavewith its unique curly petals .
The hardier house plant life which still stay in the garden must hail into the house before peril of frost , Lift the pots , rationalise and keep on the porch for a few Clarence Shepard Day Jr. before taking within , so that the shock of remotion may be less violent .
If any plants are growing in these and borders which you desire to take in for winter usage , the earlier they are pot the good . They may necessitate stern pruning , and the pruned circumstances may be used forcuttings to make new plants . Root these in flats of moist moxie and transplantation later into pots of mixed loam , Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin , and peat .
repeated seedling , which were planted in July or August , may call for great deal of watering during September , and also the cutting bed and the compost batch .
The lawn may also need artificial lacrimation if it is to represent a green , velvety appearance in the Spring . Early September is not too late to plant grass seed where it is needed .
latterly - blooming blossom such as chrysanthemum , dahlias , and aster ask mountain of water , fertilization , and perhaps spray during September to see o.k. efflorescence later on .
Rose bushesmay be thankful for September spraying and watering if rain is scanty , as some of the fine bloom come during the coolheaded , belated autumn week .
peony can be transplanted best ahead of time in September . Purchase plants now . Do not divide or replant erstwhile - established peonies unless they show planetary house of flowering - less vigorously in their original positions .
Iris , gaillardia , hardy aster , phlox , and bleeding heart , can be transplanted successfully in September .
fag , English daisy , and genus Myosotis , which were planted in August , are ready in late September for a light wintertime protection . Evergreen boughs put across the bottom are most effective for this purpose , though good substitutes are excelsior or salt hay held down lightly by a fewpruned treebranches .
Though we can not always bet on the seed , meet from our own garden flowers , it is deserving while to gather those of fine specimen blooms for planting in Spring . In this way we may perpetuate some specially fine plants . dry out the seeds exhaustively in the sun before placing them in small manila coin envelopes . I d punctuate manifestly with name , date , etc .
These envelopes can be filed like index cards . After the seminal fluid are harvested , numb flower stalk may be pull in and burn . This will help to forestall the bedcover of disease , which may have attacked the plant .
Gladiolus bulbs should be harvest , cover cut off close to bulb , and dried in flats a scant time until surface wet has disappeared . Store in a cool , dry wine cellar in the same flats in which they were dried .
Tuberous - rooted begonias must also occur up with a cluster of dry land tie to the tuber before danger of hard hoar . If the leafage is still alive , it is cut to keep rotting and the tuber are lay in in a coolheaded wine cellar .
Evergreens postulate our aid . This is a good calendar month for pruning and cleaning . Dead forest can be easy discovered during this dormant menstruum . Bagworms may be remove , and sulfur applied if red wanderer is still present . Most hardy deciduous shrub , which bloom in Spring and early Summer , can be transfer during this calendar month . Watering must not be neglected specially for freshly limit tree and shrubs . The roots are not yet exhaustively set up in their unaccustomed positions and want more than a normal amount of wet .
By C. Grayson
