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Feed Fescue Lawns with Espoma Organic Lawn Fertilizer. Set mower height to 2 to 3 inches for fescue grass.
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Set out annuals, perennials and other bedding plants in mid to late April. Apply an application of balanced fertilizer. (Plant-Tone)
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Plant Shrubs, such as Loropetelum, Viburnums, Azaleas and Spiraea for late spring color.
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Remove faded flowers from daffodils, tulips and hyacinths, but let the foliage die naturally.
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Fertilize Bermuda, and Centipede grasses with Turf-Tone (18-0-3) Lawn Fertilizer when grass is at least 50% green.
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Begin setting out summer-flowering bulbs such as gladioli, and crocomisa in April.
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Plant caladium bulbs in pots, and begin designing summer container gardens after all danger of frost has passed. Usually after April 15th in our area.
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Fertilize azaleas and camellias immediately after bloom. Feed other flowering shrubs, if not done so previously with Holly-Tone.
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Plant summer annuals now. Use Wave Petunias, Geraniums and Marigolds in the sun and Coleus, Impatiens and Begonias in the shade.
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After blooming, prune early spring blooming shrubs like Forsythia, Azaleas and Weigela.
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Be on the look out for pests such as slugs and snails, especially if we have a cool, wet spring.
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Watch out for tent caterpillars in cherries, crabapples and plums.
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Fertilize winter planted vegetables in early April.
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After danger of frost, begin planting warm season vegetables.
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We start having a wide selection of perennials and annuals around the 1st of April.
