Spring is a Good Time to do the Following Around Your Yard:* Plant and transplant trees, shrubs, and roses.
* Cold weather plants such as pansies, violas, and mums can be planted out early to add color.
* Feed perennials that begin growing with fertilizer and make sure to mulch them.
* Begin applying an all season oil to trees and shrubs to protect against insects eggs from growing.
* Finish pruning roses if needed.
* Fertilize acid loving shrubs before and after blooming.
* Choose flowering shrubs at the nursery when they are in bloom for best color selection.
* Prune flowering shrubs such as rhododendrons and azaleas after flowers fade but before new buds are set.
* Start fertilizing roses monthly.
* Deadhead flowering bulbs and leave foliage to grow and turn yellow before removing.
* Continue feeding tulips, daffodils, and crocus with bulb food. Feeding the foliage will help flowering next year.
* Complete your spring cleanup. This is a good time to begin a compost pile for organic material in the future. Dont forget to mulch your trees, shrubs, and roses.
* After the threat of frost plant vegetables and warm weather flowers.
* Continue your fall and winter bird feeding to attract colorful songbirds.
* Spring is a great time to install a water feature whether big or small you will be amazed at the added beauty and the new wildlife that will be attracted.
* Begin lawn care by dormant seeding bare spots in March.
* In April seed bare spots after mixing a starter fertilizer into the soil.
* Also in April, apply crabgrass prevented to existing lawns.
* In May, control lawn weeds. Fertilize the lawn late in the month.
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Everybody loves to see whitetail deer. It makes them think about nature and
gives them a short reprieve from their busy schedules. That is until they
start eating their expensive trees, shrubs, and plants.
Deer are said to eat about 6-8 pounds of plant material per deer per day.
There are a number of ways to deter deer including scent repellant, sound
devices, and fences. You can also choose plants that deer tend to avoid
for a variety of reasons.
Below is a list of some of these plants:
TreesAcer palmatum - Japanese Maple
Amelanchier canadensis - Shadbush
Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany Serviceberry
Betula nigra Heritage - Heritage Birch
Chamaecyparis pisifera - Japanese Falsecypress
Cotinus - Smoke Tree
Picea pungens glauca - Colorado Blue Spruce
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir
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ShrubsBerberis Barberry
Buddelia Butterfly Bush
Buxus Boxwood
Calastrus scandens American Bittersweet
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster
Forsythia x intermedia Border Forsythia
Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon
Ilex cornuta Chinese Holly
Ilex opaca American Holly
Juniperus chinensis Chinese Juniper
Ligustrum vulgare Common Privet
Pieris japonica Japanese Andromeda
Pinus mugho Mugho Pine
Syringa Lilacs
Viburnum Viburnum
Wisteria Wisterias
Yucca Yuccas
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Herbaceous Plants * Ageratum * Bleeding Heart * Carnations
* Clematis * Columbine * Common Dill
* Dianthus * Digitalis (Foxglove) * Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
* Hemerocallis (Daylilies) * Hosta (Plantain Lily) * Hyacinth
* Lambs Ears * Lamium Lavender * Marigolds
* Narcissus (Daffodils) * Nasturium * Nicotiana (Flowering Tobacco)
* Oriental Poppy * Pachysandra terminalis * Red Hot Poker
* Rudbeckia (Black-eyed-Susan) * Salvia * Snapdragon
* Sweet Alyssum * Thyme * Verbena * Vinca
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Planting Broadleaf EvergreensWinter wind and summer sun are the two worst enemies of broadleaf evergreens so choose a spot to plant them that would minimize the effects of these.
Steps to take when planting:
- To plant, loosen roots of container grown plants.
- Dig a hole twice the size of the root ball and just deep enough so that the top of the ball is about 1-2 above the ground.
- Mix peat moss with the soil removed from the hole and fill around root ball until the hole is about 2/3 full and lightly tamp. Mix a root stimulator with water as directed on the bottle and water the plant.
- Finish filling the hole with dirt until the root ball is covered. Add about 2-3 of mulch around the plant to help retain moisture during the summer months.
- Continue following the directions on the root stimulator for future waterings to ensure strong root development.
- Fertilize with an azalea or evergreen food in the spring and every 6 weeks until August.
- Spray plants with Wilt Pruf every November and February as directed.
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