Published on: September 20, 2024
It's Autumn! As we shift to cooler weather, take time to evaluate your garden's damage and stress caused by this summer's extreme heat. This is the perfect time to devise long-term cooling and shading strategies to reduce sun and heat damage in the future.
If you've kept a written or photographic journal documenting the areas of sun and shade over the course of the year, you're already ahead of the game. Review your records, noting heat-related plant damage, sun and shade movements, reflective light/heat situations, and shadows created by trees, shrubs, and hardscaping. If you don't have physical records, you'll need to recall which plants were most damaged by sunscald, leaf scorch, partial dieback, or stunting. You many...
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