PHOTOS: (COLEUS) MARTY BALDWIN; (OKRA) JASON DONNELLY; (BOUGAINVILLEA) PETE KRUMHARDT

JUNE GARDENER

outdoors

THiS MONTH iN THE GARDEN

1 1 U I 1 1 1 Check containers daily—

soil dries quickly on warm, windy days.

Be gentle on plants by using a garden

hose with a spray nozzle dialed to the

shower or mist setting. Add water until

excess drips through drainage holes.

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It’s time to sow seeds of a

second crop of okra. ‘Clemson Spineless

80,’

above,

produces high yields of long

pods. To avoid southern blight (a soil-

borne disease), plant seeds in a different

spot, a technique called crop rotation.

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) l Unlike other perennial vines,

bougainvillea stems have no tendrils for

attachment. Instead of letting them

sprawl on the ground or get tangled in

neighboring plants, tie the stiff shoots

to a sturdy trellis as they grow. tfJE

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