Garden Dates to Remember

MARCH

• Apply dormant oil to magnolias & euonymus for scale
• Spring Clean ups begin
• Fertilize – lawn & beds
• Check low voltage lighting system, reset timers

APRIL

• Begin weekly mowing
• Install spring containers
• End power raking
• Spring clean ups completed
• Pond clean ups

MAY

• Spring grub control
• Apply slug bait to hostas
• Apply micronutrients
• Apply weed control and fertilizer – lawn
• Apply bronze birch borer control
• Install summer containers
• Install annuals

JUNE

• Begin pruning and shaping
• End spring grub control
• End core aerating
• End seeding – mid June
• Second round of lawn fertilizer

JULY

• Water, water, water!
• Check irrigation system
• Dead head perennials as needed
• Fertilize container plants

AUGUST

• Fall seeding begins – mid August
• Begin fall pruning
• Grub control

SEPTEMBER

• Third round of fertilizing – lawn
• Broad leaf weed control – lawn
• Magnolia scale control

OCTOBER

• Fall containers
• Plant spring bulbs

NOVEMBER

• Fall clean-ups
• End fall seeding
• Winter containers – prior to Thanksgiving
• Check low voltage lighting system, reset timers

DECEMBER

• Complete fall clean-ups
• Mulch