August in Your Houston Garden
- Cut spent blossoms from Crape Myrtles to extend bloom time.
- Fertilize your citrus this month with a good all purpose granular fertilizer such as MicroLife.
- If you must have color this month, plant marigolds, salvia,torenia, cora vinca,calendulas, begonias, petunias, ipomoea sweet caroline and perennials like ornamental grasses, Mexican butterfly bush, russelia, false aster and groundcovers. Don’t forget fall tomatoes they go quickly!
- Make sure everything is mulched and continue to water deeply.
- Foliar feeding each week with Ocean Harvest by San Jacinto Environmental helps the plants withstand the stress of prolonged heat. It will also help with azaelas and camellias set bloom for next season.
- And don’t forget adjust your expectations of turf quality in late summer. August and September are times of stress for your turf, so don’t fire your landscaper.
Thank you Michael Dumont for sharing another beautiful picture!
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