Handy Seasonal Tips for Your Plants and Garden

Winter

• Spray dormant oil or copper fungicide at the beginning of winter.
• Trimming Hosta after the first hard freeze is good practice.
• The ideal time to prune your Japanese maple is in late winter while the plant is dormant
• Usually, Hydrangeas are pruned in late winter or early spring to promote new growth.

• Cut back ornamental grasses before new growth emerges in the spring
• Watering plants thoroughly the night before a freeze can also help protect plants in the winter, excluding agaves. 
• Prune trees before leaf buds.
• Water plants and trees as needed. 
• Start prepping flowers beds.  

In February, prepare to fertilize your lawn and do heavy pruning on your Roses on Valentine's Day.

Spring

• Spray dormant oil or copper fungicide at the beginning of Spring.
• When the temperature starts reaching over 70 degrees you can start fertilizing. 
• For more detailed aesthetic pruning for Japanese maple, wait until late spring after the leaves have emerged.

• Fertilize lawn in late spring
• Drench Crape Myrtle with Ferti-Lome Tree and shrub drench or with products with active ingredients of imidacloprid.

Summer

• Pay more Attention to soil moisture levels and water more regularly if needed in the summer.

• Fertilize once again in late summer and water in well. 

In July, prepare to fertilize and water your lawn

Fall

• Apply 3-4” of mulch to cover the roots of trees and shrubs. Be sure to keep mulch about 6” away from the trunk.
  

• Fall is the perfect time to plant new trees and shrubs. Just be sure to keep those newly planted plants well-watered until the rain comes. In the South, wait to plant trees until the high heat subsides