To Do - August
Warm areas - Zone 10
Container Gardening
Fill pots with ready flowering annuals for instant spring colour; pansies, primulas, cinerarias, violas, lobelia and alyssum.
Protect young seedlings and other tender plants from late frosts by placing pots under shelter or covering with frost cloth.
Flowers
Lay slug bait to protect the shoots of newly emerging perennials such as hostas and delphiniums.
Plant gladioli and dahlias.
Sow sweet peas directly into well prepared soil.
Trees, Shrubs & Vines
Plant trees and shrubs.
Prune and shape hedges.
Vegetable Gardening
Plant cauliflower and cabbage seedlings outdoors.
Plant broccoli seedlings outdoors.
Plant perennial herbs.
Plant early potatoes. Fast maturing varieties, Rocket and Swift will be ready in 60-90 days, in time for Christmas.
Sow basil, lettuces, tomatoes and peppers in trays under cover for planting out later.
Fill pots with ready flowering annuals for instant spring colour; pansies, primulas, cinerarias, violas, lobelia and alyssum.
Protect young seedlings and other tender plants from late frosts by placing pots under shelter or covering with frost cloth.
Lay slug bait to protect the shoots of newly emerging perennials such as hostas and delphiniums.
Plant gladioli and dahlias.
Sow sweet peas directly into well prepared soil.
Plant trees and shrubs.
Prune and shape hedges.
Plant cauliflower and cabbage seedlings outdoors.
Plant broccoli seedlings outdoors.
Plant perennial herbs.
Plant early potatoes. Fast maturing varieties, Rocket and Swift will be ready in 60-90 days, in time for Christmas.
Sow basil, lettuces, tomatoes and peppers in trays under cover for planting out later.
Hardiness zones explained
Mild areas - Zone 9
Container Gardening
Fill pots with ready flowering annuals for instant spring colour; pansies, primulas, cinerarias, violas, lobelia and alyssum.
Protect young seedlings and other tender plants from late frosts by placing pots under shelter or covering with frost cloth.
Flowers
Fill pots with flowering polyanthus for an instant splash of bright winter colour.
Sow sweet peas directly into well prepared soil.
Vegetable Gardening
Sow peas diectly into well prepared soil with added compost.
Fill pots with ready flowering annuals for instant spring colour; pansies, primulas, cinerarias, violas, lobelia and alyssum.
Protect young seedlings and other tender plants from late frosts by placing pots under shelter or covering with frost cloth.
Fill pots with flowering polyanthus for an instant splash of bright winter colour.
Sow sweet peas directly into well prepared soil.
Sow peas diectly into well prepared soil with added compost.
Hardiness zones explained
Cooler areas - Zone 8
Flowers
Fill pots with flowering polyanthus for an instant splash of bright winter colour.
Vegetable Gardening
Sow peas diectly into well prepared soil with added compost.
Fill pots with flowering polyanthus for an instant splash of bright winter colour.
Sow peas diectly into well prepared soil with added compost.
Hardiness zones explained
29-Aug-2014
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