It's Mid-Summer and It's Too Hot to Plant . . . Right???
Well, it may be too hot for YOU to plant, but it is certainly not too hot for perennials!
In fact, summer is one of the biggest planting times at Andr� Viette Farm & Nursery, where we plant hundreds of thousands of pots and thousands of species of perennials.
The old idea of planting only in the spring and fall and never in the summer is a big fallacy! Many things have changed and had a great impact on horticulture in the past years, but the biggest change has been the advent of the plastic pot!
When I was a child, we only had bagged and burlapped plants and many things could not be planted in the summer. Summer planting was limited to only those plants which could be safely transplanted during the heat.
Plastic pots mean little shock to the the plants resulting from transplanting and it has revolutionized gardening in America. You can now have an "instant garden". Most full service garden centers have a huge selection of annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs in plastic pots.
If it were true that we cannot plant in the summer, there would be no flowers or gardens in tropical places where it is summer all the time. No Hibiscus or Bougainvillea in Miami, Florida!
So consider the summertime a wonderful time to plant and remember - good soil is essential for creating a beautiful garden!
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