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Summer is here, and you want your Cape Cod garden looking its best for those lovely warm days and (hopefully) cool breezy nights. To keep your landscaping bursting with color all the way through Labor Day, and beyond, we suggest a few gardening tips and tricks.<\/p>\n
Your watering method has a huge impact on your garden. Appropriate watering<\/a> will ensure the best blooms and keep your flowers looking fresh all season. The most important aspect of watering is paying attention during the process. Always begin by checking how damp or dry the soil is around your plants, and be sure to avoid watering too quickly or too heavily. Aim for the root zone rather than drenching foliage, and water deeply\u2014perennials have roots as far as 12 inches below, so that soil needs to be reached. It\u2019s best to water in the morning during the summer months, and thoroughly mulching your garden will help retain moisture, reduce runoff and keep plants thriving.<\/p>\n Deadheading, or cutting old flowers off their stems to make room for new blooms, is vital to your garden\u2019s health<\/a>. Though you may think you can sit back and relax once your summer plants are blooming, an early July deadheading session can revitalize your garden and keep it full of color through the end of the season. If your garden is garnished with Cape Cod roses, for example, diligently deadheading them can spark a second round of blooms. Continue lightly deadheading geraniums throughout the season for best results. Note that some plants are blissfully low-maintenance and don\u2019t require deadheading; these include impatiens and begonias, and many of the “Super” options from Proven Winner. Overall, keep an eye out for old flowers throughout the summer so you don\u2019t miss more blooming opportunities.<\/p>\n If and when your perennials start looking less than their best, filling in those beds with annuals can revive and revamp your garden. You can plant colorful annuals in open spaces, or simply place potted annuals in lackluster spots to freshen up these areas. As the season draws to a close, transition annuals from summer favorites to heartier fall options such as mums, certain daises and asters.<\/p>\n Finally, do some homework to make next year\u2019s blooms even better. Photograph your garden a few times throughout the summer and take note of which plants are thriving when. Knowing when specific plants bloom will help you in the planning phase when it\u2019s time to add perennials in the spring. Keep your garden in tip-top shape and you\u2019ll enjoy colorful blooms all summer long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer is here, and you want your Cape Cod garden looking its best for those lovely warm days and (hopefully) cool breezy nights. To keep your landscaping bursting with color all the way through Labor Day, and beyond, we suggest a few gardening tips and tricks. Watering Appropriately Your watering method has a huge impact Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/keeping-color-cape-cod-garden-year-round.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whittenlandscaping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Deadheading<\/h3>\n
Adding Annuals<\/h3>\n
Planning for Next Year<\/h3>\n