LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING

• Fertilize dormant plants and beds and mulch.
• Begin pruning shrubs, vines, berries, fruit trees; add to compost.
• DO NOT prune Spring bloomers now!
• Apply dormant oil spray
• Remove suckers and damaged growth from Spring flowering trees & shrubs
• Transplant dormant deciduous and evergreen plants

MID SPRING

• Spring cleanup: remove winter mulches & protection, water plants breaking dormancy
• Plant/transplant roses, ground covers, daylilies, cool season annuals and vegetables
• Shear or mow groundcovers
• Fertilize trees, shrubs, ground covers, vines, perennials, and bulb beds.

LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER

• Mulch trees, shrubs and beds
• Prune spring flowering trees and shrubs, AFTER bloom, NOT before!
• Deadhead flowers to promote rebloom; pinch Asters and Mums to encourage branching
• Fertilize perennials, annuals and bulbs
• Edge borders, weed and irrigate if dry

MID SUMMER

• Weed (when soil is damp will be easiest) and WATER!
• Pinch, deadhead, and train vines on trellises; add to and turn compost pile
• Fertilize evergreens and vegetables
• Spray herbicide where needed
• Cultivate lightly to reduce compaction

LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL

• Plant Fall blooming bulbs
• Prune and train espaliers, topiaries and wisteria
• Continue composting, weeding and watering, if dry

MID FALL

• Begin Fall cleanup, edge beds and weed.
• Prepare beds for Fall and Spring planting.
• Set out cool season annuals
• Plant/transplant evergreen trees and shrubs, deciduous plants after leaf fall
• Prune late summer blooming shrubs when dormant

LATE FALL/EARLY WINTER

• Water till ground freezes
• Cleanup perennial beds; plant Spring blooming bulbs
• Fertilize trees and shrubs when dormant

MID WINTER

• Add winter plant protection, spray with antidessicant.
• Water if dry