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- Fall is for Planting! Enjoy fall blooming shrubs such as Encore Azaleas, Camellias, Witch Hazel, Cotoneaster, Crape Myrtle, Hibiscus, Holly, Honeysuckle and Pyracantha.
- Divide or transplant spring-blooming perennials.
- Fescue should be fertilized towards the middle of the month with Atlanta Turf Special 31-3-10 and Bermuda will benefit from a "winterizer" fertilizer applied six weeks before you estimate the first frost. Do Not fertilize Zoysia, Centipede or St. Augustine grasses.
- Fall is the best time to plant Fescue seed. Use 6 pounds of seed per 1000 square feet and mulch with wheat straw to hold soil moisture and protect the seed from birds.
- Bring back the color in your garden by replanting a fall crop of annual flowers - Geraniums, Petunias or Zinnias in the full sun. Once temperatures really cool down, replace your warm season annuals with Pansies.
- Plant perennials such as Asters, Joe Pye Weed, Chrysanthemum, Japanese Anemone and Ornamental Grasses for fall color.
- Cool-season vegetable seeds and seedlings can be planted. Try cabbage, lettuce, beets, turnips, spinach, radishes, collards and broccoli; be sure to water thoroughly after planting.
- Use a winterizer fertilizer like Pennington Winterizer on Bermuda grass lawns six weeks prior to the first frost.
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