Keeping Up Appearances

The perennial gardens keep us on our toes all season long however when the summer fades away our maintenance increases to keep the gardens attractive, neat, and interesting for the Autumn season. Aside from the current flowering plants perennials have been either sheared, pruned, or simply left alone with seed heads intact.

Photos Taken October 1, 2009

Helenium and Boltonia

We Have Many Ornamental Grass Varieties

Colorful Zinnias

Dahlia Patch Going Strong

We concentrated in our Dahlia garden today deadheading Dahlias and removing tired sunflower plants.

Keeping Plants Tidy

The spent 6 Ft + sunflowers were growing in patches in the garden, we clipped them down and left a 2″ stem for location purposes of later removal. 

West Side Of Dahlia Patch