The garden in September
Things to do in the garden in September:
- The time is perfect for laying out a new lawn or repairing the old lawn
- It is also time for parting perennials
- a procedure that provides stronger plants with more new growth
- Leave the dead perennials in peace until spring
- this enables them to gather strength for next year
- Pluck raspberries and eat them – or put them in the freezer
- Harvest the seeds from Pot marigolds and other annuals – they can be sown in drills next spring
- It might still be necessary to water plants that were bought or relocated this spring
- Evergreen plants, for instance Box and Thuja should be planted now
- allowing time to establish their root system before winter sets in
New apple trees
The new apple trees, ’Elstar’ and ’Aroma’, are doing fine and have grown quite a bit since they were planted last autumn. 'Elstar' provides medium-sized round fruits with a yellow foundation and red-orange rouge cheeks. They can be plucked early October, but looks ready to pluck now. 'Aroma' is a fast growing tree with a wide and open crown. The medium-sized, round fruits are yellowish-green with a red cover and ready to eat in September.
Aroma apples
Elstar apples
Garden Phlox
There are not so many blooming perennials in Ida’s garden i September. The Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) is therefore a welcome addition. The tall and wide perennial gets heaps of white, pink and purple flowers that are popular with butterflies.
Garden phlox
Raspberries
The raspberry plants have lots of berries now, even though they were relocated in March. The cultivar is known as 'Autumn bliss', because it generates the biggest yield in autumn. The berries are very large and sweet – and they don’t get worm-infested because they mature so late. Unfortunately raspberries are and invasive plant, so they occasionally have to be prevented from expanding into nearby borders and lawns.
Raspberries
The garden in January
The garden in February
The garden in March
The garden in April
The garden in May
The garden in June
The garden in July
The garden in August
The garden in October
The garden in November
The garden in December
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