Calendar

January

• Plan for next year — the “off season” is a great time to call and let our designers plan your Spring & Summer projects.

February

• Clean and sharpen garden tools.

March

• Plant grass seed as soon as ground can be worked.
• Prune trees and shrubs before buds swell, except Oaks, Maple, Birch, Beech, and spring flowering plants.
• Cut back ornamental grasses as new growth appears.

April

• Begin spring landscape planting and sodding/seeding.
• Apply pre-emergent herbicides such as Preen and Dacthal.
• Apply lawn fertilizer.

May

• Spray for broadleaf weeds in lawns.
• Plant annuals and tender vegetables about Mother’s Day, after danger of frost is past.
• Prune spring flowering shrubs immediately after done flowering.

June

• Apply second application of lawn fertilizer, six weeks after first one.
• Prune Pines, Spruce and other evergreens, as needed.

July

• Water landscape plants three years old or less, once per week, especially if a summer drought occurs.
• Water new lawns once per week, in the morning.

August

• Treat for lawn grubs; use Diazinon or Dylox and water-in immediately.
• Consider lawn rejuvenation; dethatching and top-dressing.

September

• Apply fall application of fertilizer.
• Plant fall Mums

October

• Plant Spring flowering bulbs and rearrange existing ones.
• Best time to spray for broadleaf weeds in Fall.
• Cut back perennials as foliage dies back.

November

• Best time to transplant deciduous plants is when the leaves fall.
• Apply winterizer type fertilizer after Thanksgiving.

December

• Winterize plants, apply mulch, apply Wilt-Proof anti-desiccant.
• Continue fall planting until ground freezes.