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Every August, I always manage to come across at least one seed head that should’ve been collected 3 days ago.
It is usually something that is just very frustratingly obvious. The poppy capsule that was perfectly ripe last Monday is empty by Thursday, or the nigella pods that I “reserved for later” decided to burst after one windy day. And not to forget the coneflowe...
This is when a few perennial clumps start acknowledging that they’ve been having too much fun.
There’s plenty of growth on the daylily but not nearly as many flower stalks compared to last year. The iris clump is mostly foliage and almost nothing else. A heuchera plant is doing something that I didn’t see before as it managed to climb onto a woody stem. And the hard...
August always plays a trick on us.
There are flowers in the garden, bees buzzing about, dahlias are finally showing their true colors and you might think, oh yes, summer still has a long way to go. You go on a walk with your morning cup of coffee and look carefully… half the zinnias are already sporting brown heads, the phlox is wilting, roses are setting their hips...
August is supposed to be the lazy month in the garden. Supposed to be… The deck chair is waiting, the tomatoes need eating and, after all the watering we have done, surely we deserve a rest?
But take your pruners outside one cool morning and look properly at the plants. Not at the flowers this time—look at the stems.
The soft, pale shoots of spring have ch...