A summer rain show is always a welcome event for the gardener. The rain softens the soil and everything in the garden gets a nice drink. I do a lot of planting in the summer. We harvest seed in May and plant them in June. I cultivate new beds of Lenten Roses in June, July and August with a combination of seeds, 2 year olds and mature plants. This ensures that the bed get a head start on itself. Remember, the Lenten Rose takes four years to mature into a flowering plant so by planting a combination of different size/age plants we don't have to wait quite as long for the new bed to mature and fill in.
The summer is also the time to pot up any inventory I plan on selling at the end of the year and into the flowering months of next year - Feb/Mar/April - when the Lenten Rose is most popular.
We are always glad to help any new or existing Lenten Rose growers, whether you are a wholesale nursery or a hobbist grower - you are welcome and we can help.
Next month, in July's installment of the Lenten Rose Almanac will cover planting a bed of Lenten Roses.
Happy Gardening
Richard Giardini
LentenRose.com
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