Spring is Here
Spring means time to get some outside landscape maintenance done. Below are a few things that almost everyone needs to make sure they get done.
Lawns
- Fertilize lightly and repair dead spots.
- Use a preemergent herbicide to reduce crabgrass if needed.
- To revive a weak lawn, dethatch, aerate and reseed.
- Edge the lawn around the base of trees, shrubs, and flower beds.
Trees, Shrubs and Ground Cover
- Replace organic mulch at base of trees and shrubs.
- Apply all-purpose fertilizer around drip line of plants.
- Prune off any dead, diseased or broken braches.
- Prune shrubs that flower in the summer.
- Rejuvenate ground covers by grooming, raking and fertilizing.
Flower Beds
- Prepare planting beds by amending the soil with organic matter.
- Plant warm season annuals.
- Mulch flower beds to at least 3 inches.
- Prune and plant roses.
- Divide overcrowded perennials and replant or give away as clumps.
- Replace old soil in window boxes.
- Cut back spring bulb foliage as it yellows.
- Apply all-purpose fertilizer around drip line of plants.