September

Fill gaps in borders, beds, and containers with winter blooming pansies, violas, ornamental cabbage, and kale.

Sow a cover crop (such as winter rye, crimson clover, or Austrian peas) in vacant ground or garden spot.

Divide your Bearded Iris rhizomes now. Remove all the dead leaves and cut back to about 3 or 4 inches making the cut at an angle. Replant.

Time to seed, Terraseed™ or sod lawns. Contact the Rexius Landscape Division to help you with your new lawn construction.

Prepare deep-rooting areas for your new lawn by incorporating Rexius Garden Compost to help grow a more resilient and water-wise lawn year round.

Aerate existing lawns to renovate, and follow with a topdress of Rexius Compost.

Continue to mow and edge.

Make sure your soil drainage is adequate in lawns and beds. Fall, Winter, and Spring gardens are more often damaged by too much moisture than frost.

As evenings cool, landscapes need less water. It may be time to reset timer, adjusting amounts as needed. Call EWEB Waterline each week until rains begin.