July Gardening To-Do List

The work of a gardener is never done, so don’t hang up your garden gloves just yet.

Here are some gardening tasks to tackle in July.

• Check on your irrigation system.  
• Prune back climbing roses after blooms have faded. 
• By the middle of the month, begin pinching back your mums 
• Add a thick 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch around your plants
• If you have a bearded iris, now is the time to begin dividing them.
• Keep your flowers blooming by deadheading and fertilizing. 
• Continue to plant gladiolus through the middle of the month.
• Divide your lilies as soon as they are done blooming.
• Prune wisteria 
• Also prune lilacs, and yarrow.
• Deadhead your daylilies. 
• Sow broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, radish, spinach, etc., for the fall.

Jessie Nuez

Garden and landscaping blogger.