9 Things You MUST DO to Your Perennials in July (Or Regret It All Summer) 🌿
#PerennialCare #JulyGardening #GardeningTips #Perennials #SummerGardening #DeadheadingFlowers #GardenMaintenance #Gardening #PerennialGarden #Catmint #Salvia #Coneflower #Lavender #Mulching #BackyardGarden #BeginnerGardening #GardenSeniorLiving 9 Things You MUST DO to Your Perennials in July (Or Regret It All Summer) 🌿 There are 9 things you must do to your perennials in July, and skipping them is what leaves gardens tired, floppy, and underperforming for the rest of the season. In this video I walk through the essential July perennial care tasks that shape not just the rest of this summer but your entire next season, from deep watering and deadheading to the one shear that brings a whole second flush of blooms. July is not a maintenance break, it is the most consequential month in the perennial garden. We cover all nine, step by step: deep infrequent watering for stronger roots, deadheading coneflower, black-eyed Susan, salvia and coreopsis for continued bloom, shearing catmint, nepeta and hardy geranium for a second flush, staking tall perennials like delphinium, garden phlox and Joe-Pye weed before they fall, mulching at the correct depth to prevent crown rot, marking daylily and phlox clumps for fall division, checking for pests and powdery mildew early, fertilizing late bloomers like asters and rudbeckia (and which plants to never feed), and the five-minute drainage check that saves lavender, Russian sage, sedum and yarrow from root rot. Stay until the end for the full task-by-task summary you can take straight into the garden this week, including why summer wilting is often root rot rather than drought. Getting these right now protects your blooms all summer and sets up next year. Tell me in the comments which task you're doing first and which US state you garden in. Subscribe for the right task at the right time, every week. july gardening tasks, perennial care, what to do in july garden, summer perennial care, deadheading perennials, cutting back perennials, how to get second bloom, staking perennials, mulching perennials, dividing perennials, deep watering plants, perennial garden maintenance, catmint, salvia, nepeta, hardy geranium, coneflower, black eyed susan, rudbeckia, lavender, russian sage, sedum, garden phlox, root rot in plants, powdery mildew, summer flower care, backyard gardening
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