All gardeners like the Overton’s, who have experienced many spring seasons of gardening—those few short, rushed weeks when it seems as though everything has to be done—cherish the longer, unhurried days of autumn.
This is the time when you can thoughtfully consider your garden.
Decide which plants looked good last summer and which did not, and then make improvement plans.
Perhaps a new planting of lilies or iris in the border would help, or some ferns and Virginia bluebells In the shade of the oak tree.
Autumn Season For Gardeners and Plants
The autumn season favors not only the gardeners but also the plants. Though a plant does suffer some shock when transplanted due to injury to its roots.
It recovers quickly. In the fall, root growth is encouraged by shorter days, less intense sun, and lower temperatures.
Really, the only plants that may not transplant successfully in the fall are those that, even when well-established, often fail to survive the winter.
But others, including most trees. shrubs, evergreens. spring-blooming bulbs and perennials will do best if they are planted now.
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