Plants are still budding! Love the colour orange in hibiscus, nasturtium, and roses. Couldn't resist the mums that were calling autumn flames. The purple astors are growing strong and the salvia is still attracting bees. Bluejays are flocking around the feeder and nuthatches are on the return.
Temperatures are dropping fast in the evenings. I'd better get to my plant 'to do's'. I'd like to try to overwinter the white mandevilla, the vine is one of the more pricy ones in garden centres. I'll give it a try:
If you’re short on bright light or space, you can bring the mandevilla indoors and store it in a dormant state. Put the plant in the sink and drench the soil thoroughly to wash out pests that may be lurking in the potting mix, then cut it back to about 10 inches (25 cm.). If you don’t want to trim it back, you may notice yellowing with subsequent leaf drop– this is normal. Place the plant in a sunny room where temperatures are between 55 and 60 degrees F. (12-15 C.). Water sparingly throughout the winter, providing only enough moisture to keep the potting mix from becoming bone dry. When you see early spring growth indicating the plant is breaking dormancy, move the mandevilla to a warm, sunny room and resume normal watering and fertilization.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Winterizing Mandevillas: Tips For Overwintering A Mandevilla Vine https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/mandevilla/winterizing-mandevillas.htm
Must remember to collect the nasturtium and zinnia seeds.
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