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Planting in Summer's Heat
By Kris Wetherbee | March 2008

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A misconception about gardening is that you should never plant during summer when it’s hot. But this only applies when transplanting or dividing.

As daily temperatures rise, you still can continue to fill the empty spaces in your garden with potted perennials, annuals and shrubs. Any shock from transplanting is essentially eliminated because you didn’t actually dig up the plant.

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