Each week, Joshua Siskin offers five tips to keep your garden happy and healthy.
Five things to do in the garden this week:Although fall planting of California native milkweed is acceptable, if you want to get a jump on next year’s growth, plant now. I was made aware of this recommendation when visiting the website of the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley, where I read the following message: “Summer temperatures provide the best conditions to sow milkweed seeds.” At Theodore Payne, you can procure a packet of 270 narrow-leaf milkweed seeds for $6.
2. If you are in search of interesting fall arrangements for your containers but are aware that flowering tapers off at this time, select species whose foliage makes a colorful statement. Some varieties of heavenly bamboo have foliage with multiple colors, especially the compact and dwarf varieties, and many of them turn red with cooler weather. Red-leafed mukdenia is a spellbinding option, partial to the shade, whose fan-shaped leaves grow to five inches in length. And then there are the Heucheras, with foliage ranging from gunmetal blue to red to purple to lime green to amber. Certain Euphorbias and Coprosmas also have variegated foliage sporting a wide spectrum of colors.
4. Plant every imaginable leafy vegetable now, including lettuce, cabbage, bok choy, mustard greens, kale, arugula, chard, and collard greens. To this list, you can add a plethora of veggies for the fall garden including cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, celery, leeks, onions, carrots, radishes, and turnips.
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