August Zone 9 Checklist

General: 

□ Continue to check for insects and diseases

□ Continue to water regularly

□ Continue to deadhead spent flowers on annuals and perennials

□ Continue to ensure beds are edged, well mulched, weeded, and cleaned up in preparation for fall planting

Plant: 

□ Fall vegetables/ root vegetables

□ Early fall annuals like crotons, celosia and marigolds

Prune:

□ Trim summer annuals in beds and hanging baskets

□ Remove seed heads forming on crepe myrtle to encourage second bloom

□ Lightly trim shrubs and trees if necessary

In Bloom: 

  • Abelia
  • Althea  
  • Crepe Myrtle  
  • Hydrangea  
  • Magnolia  
  • Oleander
  • Yucca
  • Annuals  
  • Perennials  
  • Butterfly weed  
  • Crinums  
  • Hosta  
  • Impatiens  
  • Lantana  
  • Marigold  
  • Phlox  
  • Plumbago  
  • Rudbeckia  
  • Stokesia  
  • Sunflower
  • Vinca  
  • Zinnia