Soil prep

Phase 3 of new perennial garden in Florence






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Canna x ehemanii

Dr. David Creech, Director of Stephen F. Austin Arboretum, was kind enough to share this great plant with us earlier this year. It has quickly become my favorite Canna. It is currently in flower and about 9' tall.

Irrigation

Second phase of a new perennial garden install in Florence.

Best Time For Planting

In the South, during the months of June through August gardening can become slightly repetitive. Weed, water, fertilize, Weed, water, fertilize, Weed, water, fertilize, Cut back. You get the picture. So what do you do to escape the hot summer sun. PLAN for the fall. 

All summer long our greenhouse manager is propagating and growing out plants that we have acquired from various  nurseries or from a field collecting trips. Towards the end of the summer our nursery begins to look pretty full, as you can see from the picture below.  

Fall is the best time to plant woody's and perennials. Last week Jenks Farmer and I walked through the nursery and compiled a list of several different cultivars of Rosa and Salix, Hypericum densiflorum, Prunus mume, Clinopodium, and other various woodies and perennials that will be ready to be planted this fall. 

Later that day we walked the garden seeking areas that needed refining or bolstering.   

Now that we have a list of areas, we wait for the favorable planting conditions that come with the month of October. 

Buckwheat

Sowed about 3 weeks ago and already in flower! Buckwheat is a great late summer cover crop due to its rapid growth and ability to out-compete weeds. In a couple weeks, before the buckwheat goes to seed, the meadow will be mowed and the green matter will be left to decompose and build the soil. 

Demolition

First phase of a new perennial garden for a customer in Florence. More pictures to come as the process furthers.


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