When selection shrubs, pick smaller ones because Arkansas has a lot of rocks and it’s hard to dig up a spot to transplant a large shrub, says Penne Wooldridge of Carl Wayne’s Nurseries Inc. DEAN CURTIS FOR LIVING WELL
“Organic material you might need like fertilizers, soils, those are a huge trend in last several years,” Wool- dridge says. Succulents are becoming a
really big deal because you don’t have to care for them as much, and many don’t re- quire as much water, Wool- dridge says. Perennials are also popu- lar because they come back every year. In just a few weeks, as of Aug. 1, you can start planting
produce for a fall garden, items such as broccoli, brus- sel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collards, beets, Swiss chard, turnips, mus- tard greens, kale, kohlrabi and leaf lettuce. If you plan to start them
from seed, then you will want to plant them now because anything growing from seed will need to be started 4-5 weeks before its transplant date, says Keaton. Fall flowers will be planted later, says Wooldridge.
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“It seems the last few years more and more people are growing vegetable gardens.”
Mark Keaton, County Extension Agent-Staff Chair for the Baxter County Extension Service
“Mums and pansies come in super late August or first week of September; it is ba- sically set up for the growers.
If they come in too early, they bloom too fast and don’t last as long. If you get them too early, the heat takes them down,” she says. Shrubs are best planted in the fall, says Keaton.
When selecting shrubs, pick smaller ones because Arkansas has a lot of rocks and it’s hard to dig up a spot to transplant a large shrub, says Wooldridge. “Don’t plant anything you
are not willing to water in winter, if we have a dry win-
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