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