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- Keep flower beds well weeded. Remove faded blooms. Watch for aphids.
- Harvest blooms of lavender now to keep the plants tidy and encourage more blooms.
- Make sure you keep the soil moist but not soggy around ferns. They may become dormant if they get to dry.
- Seed your fall pansies now for beautiful fall blooms.
- Now is the time to pick those beautiful perennials for a fresh bouquet indoors. This will also encourage more blooms on most perennials.
- Stake and tie, top heavy plants such as foxgloves and delphiniums.
- Cut back Babies Breath to encourage a second set of blooms.
- Salt deposits can build up in the soil of container plants. This will cause the foliage to burn. Flush out these deposits with water once during the summer.
- Plant fragrant Buddleia now.
The earth smiles in flowers
SUMMER GARDENS:
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