What started off recently as a lesson in fall garden chores turned into a beautiful garden bouquet for this little lady…
Fall Garden Chores and Cleanup
I like to do as much as I can to clean up my gardens before the snow flies so I won’t have as much to do in the spring. Some plants however like the protection of their leaves, slimy as they may be, over the winter. Cut back some perennials to prevent the spread of powdery mildew. Included in this list are the following:
- peonies
- coneflowers
- phlox (the tall variety)
- monarda
- anything else that looks diseased, dead, broken etc.
- hostas
Fall is also a great time to move things around, so if you (and the plant) were not completely happy with the location of some perennials, get moving.
It is a bit late for deadheading, but I did do so to a few perennials hoping I might get one last flush of bloom in this warm weather.
Gathering Up The Remaining Blooms
My three year old granddaughter loves to pick flowers from my garden anytime. Recently she started off helping me do some fall cleanup. The clippers soon gravitated to the few flowers still blooming…
The bouquet she ended up with was beautiful:
Of course I cannot refuse any request from this sweet girl. I love the fact that she loves my flower gardens as much as I do!
This one was just a bud at the time, so she missed it:
