![]() Late month: get row cover or plan other protection in case of early frost in November.Mow high to fend off weed seeds that are germinating.Find out what’s causing the problem like low drainage spots or compacted areas. Brown patch: Apply a quarter inch of compost.This is the best time of year to fertilize. Fertilize with an organic slow release formula like 8-2-4 or similar ratio.Collect seeds of annuals to dry and store inside until next spring.If temps dip, cut basil and preserve in oil in the freezer.Take cuttings of tender annuals to propagate in warmth to renew your garden next spring.Mulch tropical and semi-cold-hardy plants like gingers, Esperanza, Pride of Barbados, Firecracker fern, bananas.Decide wildflower seeds and bulbs to plant in November.Add compost to vegetable gardens along with organic fertilizer if not already done.Iris, daylily, fern, liriope, spring-blooming perennials, violets.Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Planting Guides (Central Texas).Cilantro seeds or transplants, parsley, dill, fennel, chervil, summer savory, borage.Also, non-native poppies, larkspurs, hollyhocks Late: native wildflower seeds like bluebonnets, phlox, Mexican hat, Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket (gaillardia).Cover crops for dormant vegetable beds: clover, hairy vetch, elbon (cereal) rye, Austrian winter peas, or annual rye.Perennials, shrubs, ornamental (clumping) grasses.To combat this, loosen the planting area with expanded shale, and even consider planting on berms. In droughty years, this won’t be too hard, but in years with lots of winter and spring rain, the plants may rot, especially if you have any amount of clay in your soil. The stems of Echinacea remain entirely just below the soil surface, so you’ll need to be extra careful that this beauty doesn’t stay too wet. There are lots of cultivars out there, and most of them do well in the same planting environment as the native, but may not provide seeds for native birds. You may be tempted to dead-head, but try to resist that urge: the seed heads are a great food source for small birds. The flowers are long-lasting and attract lots of pollinators to nectar and pollen, but are pretty unattractive once they fade. Producing striking individual light pink to purple flowers from spring all the way through fall, Echinacea is very drought tolerant and should be watered sparingly, in only the hottest, driest of times. In the right conditions, coneflower will seed out for even more. Purple coneflower can reach a height of about 2 feet, and perhaps an additional 12 to 18 inches, including its flower spikes, but each plant stays very compact in width, at only a foot or so.Ĭluster in groups of 3-5 for the most impact. Native coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, is an easy-care, herbaceous perennial for sun to part/bright shade. ![]()
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