What's On
What to plant, prune, and watch for right now, keyed to the US season and your USDA zone.
Gardening is a calendar sport. The same task that is perfect in April in Georgia is weeks too early in Minnesota. This page tracks what to do now, so you act at the right moment for your conditions.
Start with the weekend jobs below, then look ahead to the month. For a full year planned around your frost dates, see the planting calendar.
This month
What to do in September
Plant now
- Spring bulbs (daffodils, crocus)
- Cover crops
- Garlic cloves
- Perennial divisions
Prune now
- Hedge final trim
- Remove old fruiting canes
- Blackberry canes (after harvest)
Watch out for
- Slug damage on fall plantings
- Botrytis in damp weather
- Squirrels burying bulbs
In bloom
- Sedums
- Asters
- Cyclamen hederifolium
- Fall crocus
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