Store seed in a cool, dry place. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

If you didn’t use up all of the garden seed you bought this year, much of it can be stored for use in next year’s garden, depending on the plant species, says Rosie Lerner, a consumer horticulturist at Purdue University and state coordinator of Indiana Master Gardeners.

Here are her tips:

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Black-eyed Susan is going strong in mid-October. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

There’s still a lot blooming in my garden, including one new, fluffy white ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea (H. arborescens), black-eyed Susan ‘Goldsturm,’ (Rudbeckia fulgida) and ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ aster (Symphyotrichum).

It’s the October 2009 Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, so here’s the report.

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