Fall Garden Cleanup Begins | Gardening with Creekside

Our first freeze warning is only a few days away and so the fall garden cleanup begins! Join me as I spend part of an afternoon cleaning out the annuals surrounding the backyard patio.

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[SnappyR]

I'm sure it was nice to actually get outside in this beautiful weather and just enjoy doing a bit of off camera gardening 🙂

[juliafiore]

Good morning, Jenny. It pains me to pull out the annuals that still look so good however, I totally understand why. Have a Blessed Day 😊

[Toinette]

I’m like you Jenny fall cleanup feels so good and I love seeing everything nice and tidy. I’m also ready for a nice rest I only wish our winters weren’t so cold and long❣️

[dianetemple]

I just finished cleaning and disassembling and packing up my fountains and emptied all of my annual containers. I will allow the leaf litter to stay in my flower beds as that's where many buggies and creatures overwinter. It's been a stressful year for plants since we've been in a drought this year so they deserve a good winter's nap!

[nothingpersonal]

There’s such a sense of relief when all the fall clean up is ✔️.

Update of the Dahlias please.

[Wiscowomen]

Its called a wish-post pile. A pile of things that you hope magically composts without any attention. (technically its slow composting or cold composting and it does work it just takes a few years instead of a few months).

[kathy]

Hi! Quick question, is there a reason that you don’t list the plants that you use in your pots or landscape. I don’t alway hear what you are talking about so it would make it easier if I want to plant the specific plant. I know you are busy with the garden center but it would help. Thanks

[saundrawilliams]

So much better to pull them early than after they get slimy - yuck, such a sloppy mess!

[judymckerrow]

Here in Michigan 6 miles south of Walters Gardens, just for reference, we are cold VERY windy and rainy here today. I’m seeing you garden with sun shine and in cooler weather and I’m hoping that maybe you could send some of that our way? I still have to dig up some of my tubers from the ground and containers that I have scattered around the garden. When it starts raining in my area in the fall it doesn’t want to give up, maybe not a lot of rain but just enough that this old lady can’t talk herself into going out to do what NEEDS to be done. As a kid when I lived in Wisconsin I can never remember it being this dismal starting in fall and lasting well into early spring. Logistics I guess. 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃

[susanharvey]

Looks nice, but I was grimacing when those gorgeous blooming plants had to be ripped out…..😞

[dras]

Such a shame that deck flower planter get some water damage because it look great. Maybe you could put liner inside, roofing rubber sheets are fairly inexpensive and would form well on walls of planter and just cut some holes on bottom for drainage 😀

[kaylac]

Don't you enjoy seeing your garden change with the seasons? Thanks for sharing yours. The bugbat is so cute in its little pot! The pot with the heuchera and carrax is beautiful and perfect colors for fall! Cleaning out the annuals for fall is rewarding to me. Everything is nice and tidy. Enjoy your dinner with good friends and beautiful surroundings!

[heatherw.]

Good morning!! I have a random plant question. I’m in coastal NC zone 8a. I’ve been considering a blue kazoo spirea and I wondered if you had any experience growing it in your garden? I’m curious if it will be able to stand up to the summer heat and humidity that we deal with in NC. Any thoughts? Hope y’all had a fun trip to the mountains!!

[Pervydachny]

Hello! Your autumn garden, honey-bronze, looks great. I love such pleasant days, when you can slowly clean up the garden. Good luck to you👍🌻💙

[Edu_Kate]

I resist pulling out annuals and cutting back my peonies because I'm not ready to say goodbye, but once I commit it makes me so happy to have everything buttoned up for winter.
It's really cold in Minnesota and I have so much to do yet. My chores list gets amended as time runs out. I may still dig up the elephant ears, but if not then so be it. Furniture must be put in storage.

Do you amend soil this late? Did I hear you say that's what you did under the blue Rose of Sharon? I was thinking of getting some compost to put around my two surviving David Austin roses. I won't bother wrapping them. The one I did wrap didn't survive our severe winter.

[emmalavenham]

I also want to say, kudos on the growing 4 season spaces that you are creating - that one near the old chicken coop has come so far is just such a short time! The sweetspire looks so amazing right now

[lizpoole]

Jenny, you need some of those beautiful sumacs that Laura & Aaron (Garden Answer) have!

[kristaself]

You have given me the encouragement that I needed to start cleaning out my annuals. We have cold temperatures coming to Birmingham this week.

[rosiesingleton]

I love fall clean up - everything looking so neat 😊

[lorettatremmel]

Hi Jenny! PA zone of my Lemon Love huecheras bit the dust for some reason this summer. My local nursery still has some left that are looking pretty good and they usually carry them every year. We are to have several night temps in the low 30's starting tonight. Would it be better to wait til spring to plant a new one or do you think planting it now is still ok?