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