Year-Round Advice to Keep Your Garden Beautiful

With mild winters and warm summers, the climate in central Texas is perfect for gardening. If you are looking for some tips to boost your garden all year round, the experts at McIntire’s have compiled this monthly guide. For more detailed gardening tips and tricks, visit our Georgetown location or call 512-863-8243 to chat with our certified nursery professionals. 
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September

September is the last chance to get Bermuda seed started. If you do not get your seed started by September 15th, it may not have a chance to get established before winter. 


Trimming and fertilizing your evergreen shrubs in September is a good idea because this will allow enough time for the new fall growth to mature before winter. Also, take this time as an opportunity to thoroughly check on each plant’s health as we exit summer & go into a new season. Fall is a great time for a reset! So doing a check like this now will help you know what may need extra love as you prep your landscaping for winter. 


By the middle of September, Chrysanthemums, Pansy, Viola, and Snapdragon will be available and ready to plant for color all winter and into next spring. 

September is the start of the tree & shrub planting season. If you need to add a shade tree or privacy shrub, now until November is the prime time for such things. 

The weather is perfect for it! 


Now is recovery time after the brutal summer heat. It is a great time to take out any spent or dead plants, to till the dirt, & amend the soil with fresh nutrients for your cool season veggies. Radishes, beets, carrots, onion bulbs, shallots, & garlic are among some of the fall garden plantings that can be put in during September. 


In the yard, you should do your last fertilizing of the season with some type of winterizer fertilizer. Recommended fertilizers for fall: Hi-Yield 15-5-10, Milorganite, Fertilome Winterizer. Doing so between September & early November is what is recommended for these products. 


Also, you want to watch your watering habits to avoid getting brown patch fungus. As nighttime temperatures fall into the 50's and 60's, grass that is watered in the evening and is wet going into the night is much more likely to develop fungus problems. Only water as needed, & stop watering early enough in the day so the grass foliage has a chance to dry before dark. Watering in the early morning is usually best. 



Mark S. Ney, Certified Texas Nursery Professional #4749