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FINE GARDENING SEASONAL CALENDAR

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

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