5 things to do in the garden this week:

Flowers. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the introduction of Wave petunias, and late summer or early fall is an excellent time for planting them. This spring I planted a Shock Wave Violet F1 that had three tiny shoots and no flowers. Today, there are nearly 100 blooms tightly packed in a circle of flowers measuring around 7 inches tall and 30 inches wide. It received full sun all summer long and a few minutes of water, every other day, at 5 a.m. Both petunias and marigold, planted now, will continue to bloom until December.

Fruits. Strawberries are for fall planting. They are extremely rewarding for us since they flower and fruit throughout the year in this part of the world. I recommend the Sequoia variety, which Richard Mueller, a Granada

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