Gardening Methods

Question about planting perennials in TX?

I’m in South Texas and had planted a perennial garden in the front of our house this spring and is doing great. I’ve started working on the back and created a bed to start a perennial garden, but now being in the middle of summer and temperatures constantly in the high 90’s, should I wait to plant? If so, should I wait until next spring or will fall be okay? I’d love to plant them now, but I’m afraid the heat may play a big factor….thanks for your help.

You will be just fine in South Texas waiting for the fall to plant some more. In fact, your region is popular with “reverse seasons” since you have lovely weather in the fall and winter.

The heat indeed could put a lot of freshly planted flora in stress.

I have a vegetable bed dug up in my yard, too but will now wait until late August to plant my fall crops. Despite the monsoons it’s just too hot to place seedlings in this weather.

Tom Peace garden: Central Texas Gardener