Gardening notebook

IT’S NOT TOO LATE!

If you didn’t prune in July, it can still be done in the first two weeks of this month. In those really cold parts of the country that experience severe frost, rather delay pruning until the last week of August or even early September.

Movement in the garden

There are many sounds and movements to be heard and enjoyed in a garden – in the bending of branches and in the rustling of leaves; as trees catch the first whisper of a restless wind; in swaying palm trees and tall, creaking bamboo.

Ornamental grasses demand attention as they toss and ripple when the breeze moves through them, and as they shimmer in the sunshine and whisper in the moonlight.

With their differing growth habits of tassels and spikes, plumes and fountains, and subtle shades of green