Summer Gardening Tips

Calloway's ew extended release fertilizers help get plants through the challenging Summer months.


Video from The PlantMaster's garden show how ornamental grasses create motion in the landscape.

Summer is a critical time for our landscape plants. To give our green investments the best possible chances of survival, care during the Summer should include lightly feeding our plants as we pour on more and more water. Avoid heavily fertilizing anything, with the possible exceptions of our container plants and hanging baskets. Since these rely completely on the water and nutrients that we provide, keeping them growing throughout the Summer will ensure that they will produce the foliage and flowers that we expect. But our garden plants capture many nutrients and moisture from the surrounding soil so that we don't have to use tons of fertilizers. Consider using organic sources like Calloway's Organic Fertilizer or any of the other organic sources like dried molasses, corn meal, green sand and composts. Also, modern extended-release fertilizers like our new Calloway's Lasting Beauty and Lasting Performance fertilizers contain slow-release nutrients that are great for Summer feeding.

Ornamental Grasses are a multi-use choice for a Summer landscape. Once established, they will provide color and motion in a landscape. The video above shows how even the slightest breeze will create motion, in this case with Mexican Feather Grasses. Many Grasses also provide food for wildlife, especially birds, once the seeds mature. If used wisely, some Ornamental Grasses will multiply into surrounding areas to create a natural-looking setting for other feature items like annual or perennial color, upright shrubs or garden sculptures. Clumping Ornamental Grasses can be easily discouraged from unwanted spread by removing seedlings.
If there is anything you need, please visit our Information Booths.  We're here to answer your gardening questions. And check out our Weekly Advertised Specials for timely items that you need to keep your lawn and garden looking good, all year long.
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