Fall Yard & Garden Tips from Maddison
Fall is such a beautiful time of year. Chilly mornings, more and more color and a great time to be out in your yard. This is also an excellent time to do a little behind-the-scenes work to prepare for winter, and make some investments in an even lovelier spring.
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Take photos of your yard and garden to help with planning for next year. Use the winter to put together a plan to fill in empty areas, layer in blooms for every season and get help from your landscape designer (that’s me!) when you need it.
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Make sure newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials are mulched properly with about three inches of mulch to cover the roots. Be careful to keep mulch away from the base of the trunk or branches to avoid rotting.
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Protect young trees from buck rub by wrapping them or covering trunks with mesh or scored plastic guards.
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Slow down watering, but continue checking on newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials through Thanksgiving.
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Plant spring-flowering bulbs. You always wish you had when they’re popping up around the neighborhood, so try a mix of Snow Drops, Scilla siberica, Muscari, Narcissus and Allium (or one of your favorites), all tried-and-true perennials that also happen to be deer-resistant.
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Continue weeding and editing on the warm, sunny days of October and November to prevent weeds from spreading seed for spring.
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Consider mulch-mowing your leaves to mound in your perennial garden. They break down to provide valuable nutrients, prevent weeds and protect plant roots from the cold.
The garden center will be closing for the season this Sunday. We’ll be busy planning, planting, growing and giving our all to ensuring a gorgeous spring. Until then, shop perennials, trees, shrubs, our small-batch wines, gift cards and more online.
And don’t forget, our landscape team will be delivering and planting your online orders, plus doing fall clean-ups as long as the season allows. The off-season is also the best time to work with our landscape designers (like me!) on a plan for yard next spring.
See you outside!
Maddison
Melanie has been with the family garden center business since 1999, gaining hands-on experience in nearly every aspect–from cashiering and greenhouse production to bookkeeping, perennial buying, marketing, and store management. Now serving as Finance and Marketing Director, she combines her expertise with a passion for growing the business. She and her husband, Russ, have loved seeing how plants, gardening, and beautiful landscapes bring joy to our community.
