July Garden Checklist - Alden Lane Nursery

Mulching makes the summer easier on your garden. It retains moisture and helps minimize weeds. Use a four-inch layer of nugget, micro, black or shredded cedar bark for the best results. Make sure to leave a 6″ space around the plant stems.

Spruce up the garden with pots of red-white-blue petunias for the holiday. We have lots of instant color flowers to make holiday parties and barbeques all the more enjoyable. Shop before or after the holiday because we close the nursery for July 4th.

Pay a little extra attention to your roses this month, water deeply and mulch around the root zone.

Now is a great time to enjoy water gardening. It can be as small as a large pot or as grand as an in-ground pond.

Tasty, crunchy vegetables, juicy tomatoes, crisp peppers, and tender beans all benefit from regular fertilizing during their growing season. We recommend E.B. Stone Organic Tomato & Vegetable Food.

Look out for cucumber beetles! They are active and hungry during late summer. These green ladybug-look-a-likes eat all but the veins of leaves and flowers, leaving lace like skeletons and devouring whole plants in no time. Use Captain Jack’s Spinosad for the best results.

Plant Crape Myrtles now. These sun and heat-loving summer bloomers come in shrub and tree form. Choose from white, red, lavender, and many shades of pink.