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Help! I have a friend who is insistent on starting a garden of perennials right now (end of august)
I agreed, since she is is sweetie, BUT, can this be done? I am guessing I have at least 5-7 weeks before a hard frost occurs here.
So, 10 bags of mushroom mulch later, I cut the heart shape out of her lawn and began improving the soil.
As I sweated I thought: "well, I could always cut the greenery back after the pants are a month or so, in the ground, this might allow the roots to take before winter", but I'm not sure if that's the right way to go?
Plants will be: Coral Bells, Hibiscus, Hydrangea, some ornamental grasses, Bee balm, and a few other other Butterfly/Hummingbird attracting perennials.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I need get going on this ASAP.
