MAINTENANCE NOTES

• Now is the time to dead head perennial blue salvia and blue nepeta to get a repeat bloom
• Pay attention to your container gardens and cut back the more aggressive plants to open up the other plants to the light and also so you can see them
• If you haven’t done so already begin staking your prestigious fall blooming perennials, such as Eupatorium (Joe-Pye Weed), Rudbeckia ‘Herbstonne’ , and Asters. They may not be flopping now but when they bloom the flower heads can get heavy or a storm (we wish) with heavy winds and rains may cause them to topple over.