What's On
What to plant, prune, and watch for right now, keyed to the US season and your USDA zone.
Gardening is a calendar sport. The same task that is perfect in April in Georgia is weeks too early in Minnesota. This page tracks what to do now, so you act at the right moment for your conditions.
Start with the weekend jobs below, then look ahead to the month. For a full year planned around your frost dates, see the planting calendar.
This month
What to do in August
Plant now
- Spring-flowering bulbs
- Japanese onion sets
- Bok choy
- Fall crocus bulbs
Prune now
- Rambling roses
- Summer-fruiting raspberries
- Lavender (after flowering)
Watch out for
- Wasps near fruit
- Brown patches on lawns
- Codling moth on apples
In bloom
- Echinacea
- Japanese anemone
- Fuchsia
- Sunflowers
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