IT’S ALMOST OCTOBER!

IT’S ALMOST OCTOBER!
It’s the best time to plant trees, shrubs and ornamental grasses! Each week, we’ll give you three tips on what to do in the garden during the month of October! Here’s this week’s tips:

Here’s this weeks three tips on what to do in thegarden during the month of October!

• Keep dead-heading pansies. The more pansies are dead-headed, the more they bloom.
• Consider planting frost-tolerant ornamental cabbages and kales. Their subtle colors and rose-like forms make a great substitute for summer annuals.
• Sow seeds of hardy flowers outdoors now on well-prepared ground. They may also be sown in outdoor pots. Some will sprout hardy seedlings that will start growing in Spring. Others will sit underground until Spring before sprouting.