July is sneak . Was n’t it just May ? One day we open our eyes and we are smack dab in the eye of the yr . High summertime is here , and there is wad to do in the garden . Despite that , I hope you also take some clock time to enjoy the fruits of your gardening labor .
head off clip outpouring - flowering tree and bush . The windowpane for pruning any spring - flowering tree or bush without impacting next year ’s bloom is now close up . I incline to urge July 4 as an easy date to call back to stop all pruning for anything that is early spring – unfolding . check that you explore the specific pauperization of any plant life before you get down cut back . larn more about when not to dress here .
Prune certain hydrangeas . If you have native oakleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea quercifolia ) or any mophead or bigleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea macrophylla ) in your landscape , now is a serious meter to mold them up . Typically , neither of these species need much pruning . However , if yours is hard misshapen or oversized , do somemaintenance pruning . However , get it on that if you overprune either of these two coinage , they may take several age to fully recover .
startle seeding your dusk vegetable garden . As July comes to a conclusion , initiate thinking about seeding a first round of pin veggie into ejaculate tray . Broccoli , cabbage , cauliflower , and kale can then be planted out into the garden near the end of August . cerebrate about attempt ornamental motley of cool - season crops such as purple kale or varieties of Swiss chard with colorful leafage and halt . These works make wonderful additions to fall and winter containers , often persisting until spring .
rationalize efflorescence for indoor display . With any portion , your garden is bursting with colouring material . Try your hand at floral design by using botanical from your garden . This is a peachy way to showcase what you are grow . cut off blossom for posy early in the cockcrow . straightaway place them in H2O . The beginning of July is a great time to constitute sunflowers with thinned blossom in mind for decline . Choose motley with comparatively poor days to maturity ( DTM ) . you may find several gorgeous variety that will mature in 50 to 60 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
Be on the lookout for caterpillars . This is a great calendar month to start look for caterpillar in the garden . You may see unripe caterpillar that are precursor to beautiful morning coat butterflies , or monarch caterpillars on Sonchus oleraceus ( Asclepiasspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–9 ) . you may line up many different variety of species of cat between now and September . A lot of the merriment is spot the caterpillar and identifying what sort of butterfly stroke it will eventually become . If you are miss in butterflies and caterpillar in your garden , do some research and add specifichost plantsthat pull the butterflies you desire .
— Andy Pulte is a faculty member in the plant sciences department at the University of Tennessee .
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Gloriosa daisies (Rudbeckia hirtacv., Zones 3–7) will often seed themselves and naturalize in the South. They can be a standout in your July garden.Photo: Andy Pulte
Petunias are good candidates for light pruning this time of year to help flowering continue and to keep the plants looking fresh. Pictured: ColorRush™ Pink petunia (Petunia‘Balcushink’, Zones 9–12).Photo: Andy Pulte
Past the Fourth of July, hold off on pruning your magnolias and other spring-flowering trees until next year.Photo: Michele Christiano
If you have an oakleaf hydrangea that is misshapen or too large, now is a good time to do some light maintenance pruning. Pictured: ‘Munchkin’ oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia‘Munchkin’, Zones 5–9).Photo: Andy Pulte
Swiss chard is a great edible to seed for fall, and it can often last through winter in containers.Photo: Brittany Carlson
Be on the lookout for standout flowers to bring inside for bouquets, like these Double Zahara™ Raspberry Ripple zinnias (Zinnia marylandica‘PAS1246684’, annual).Photo: Andy Pulte
This little green caterpillar will turn into an Eastern black swallowtail butterfly.Photos: Stephanie Fagan (left), Bernell/pixabay.com (right)
