St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles – August 2019

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Stay up-to-date in your landscape with planning

tips and events from the Missouri Botanical Garden.

AUGUST

Events

August 15 – 31

August 1–15

Prop up branches of fruit trees that

are threatening to break under the

weight of a heavy crop.

Thornless blackberries are ripening

now.

Feed mums, asters and other

fall-blooming perennials for the

last time.

Prune to shape hedges for the last

time this season.

Through October

Garden Party Lights

Through the end of August

Summer Buggin at the Butterfly House

Flight Festival at the Butterfly House

If you want to grow big dahlia

flowers, keep side shoots pinched

off and plants watered and

fertilized regularly.

Monitor plants for spider mite

activity. Hose these pests off with

a forceful spray of water.

Lawns scheduled for renovation

this fall should be killed with

Roundup now. Have soil tested to

determine fertility needs.

Order bulbs now for fall planting.