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August Check List

Plant of the Month

Dog Days are here but you yard still calls. So, lets get busy . . .

Webworms may be making themselves at home in your trees and larger shrubs. No worries, they're easy to eliminate with a a stick, if you can reach them. Wind it around the web and destroy it. They'll fall to the ground and the birds will devour them. You can also spray them with malathion making sure you insert your wand into the web.

If you had a lot of Japanese Beetles this year now is the best time to prevent them next year. They are feeding voraciously now to prepare for their winter dormant period so give 'em something to munch on! You can spread a pelleted insecticide for grubs or use Milky Spore bactericide to kill them naturally.

If you're planning a fall garden you can direct sow greens, radishes, beets and carrots this month. Lettuce greens are also good to plant if you have a spot that has some shade to protect them from the scorching afternoon sun. You can start your broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower & Brussels sprouts indoors so they'll be ready for transplant in about 6 weeks or so.

Happy Gardening Everyone!

The month of August had
turned into a griddle where the
days just lay there and sizzle.

-Sue Monk Kidd

  • Fabulous Perennials:

    Echinacea - Several Varieties
    Salvia - Several Varieties
    Garden Phlox - White & Pink
    Blackeyed Susan

    Shasta Daisy
    Miss Huff Lantana

    Pink Huff Lantana
    Dianthus
    Heuchera - Several Varieties

    Cast Iron Plant

    Heliopsis False Sunflower - Yellow/Orange

    AND MUCH MORE!

  • Globosa Glauca Blue Spruce - Rounded shrub form with stunning blue foliage

  • Red Dragon Contorted Filbert - Brilliant burgundy foliage on whimsical twisting branches

  • Anna's Magic Ball Arborvitae - dwarf rounded ball of bright yellow only 2'x2'

  • Perennial Hibiscus - Red w/ dark leaf, Pink w/ dark leaf & Pink w/ green leaf

  • Hydrnagea - White & Lace-cap

Dwarf Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia

Crape myrtles are always beautiful this time of year with their colorful clusters of blooms. There are so many different varieties to choose from that aren't anything like your grandma's. Dwarf varieties have been around for quite a while but the Barista® series is one little cutie that is super hardy and beautiful.

Cherry Mocha and Like a Latte are two in the collections we've acquired this season. Both feature very attractive foliage with new growth appearing a shiny red to burgundy maturing to a dark green with burgundy veining. This contrasts so nicely with the cherry pink and true white blossoms.

The Barista® series was bred as a dwarf variety to withstand the Michigan winters; therefore it blooms easily on new growth. This has turned out to be a plus for our warmer climate because they are easily deadheaded with their smaller stature. New flowers will generate quickly for a second round of pretty!

In colder climates they will top out at around 2.5' but here with our longer growing season we can probably expect a mature height of 3-5'. Still small enough to tuck in any sunny yard. Crape myrtles need at least 6 hrs of direct sun to get that bloom and gorgeous leaf color.