Ok Ladies the weather is cooling down to a nice 100 degrees, but the monsoon is finished, water needs are still high. Planting is not as hard on the plants if you wait until the night temperature falls in the 70's to do your plantings.
For September:
ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS TO SOW:
AFRICAN DAISIES, ALYSSUM, ASTER, BACHELOR BUTTON, BELLS OF IRELAND, CALENDULA, CALIFORNIA POPPY, CANDYTUFT, CARNATION, CLARKIA, COLUMBINE, DELPHINIUM, FORGET ME NOT, GAILLARDIA, GODETIA, GYSOPHILA, HOLLYHOCKS, LARKSPUR, LUPINES, NASTURNIUM NICOTIANA, PANSY, PETUNIA, PHLOX, PINKS, POPPY, SALPIGLOSSIS, SCABIOSA, SHASTA DAISY, SNAPDRAGON, STOCKES, SWEET PEAS, SWEET SULTAN, SWEET WILLIAM, VERBENA AND VIOLA.
IN THE VEGGIE GARDEN:
PLANT BEETS, BROCCOLI, CABBAGE, CARROTS, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, EGGPLANT, GARLIC, LETTUCE, PEAS AND RADISHES.
YOUR LAWN:
It is time to decide if you are going to overseed your lawn with winter grass. If you are not, high nitrogen fertilizer will keep it green longer.