LANDSCAPE CALENDAR
March
- Have your landscape evaluated; prune trees and shrubs to repair winter damage
- Complete fruit tree pruning and feature tree maintenance
- Cut back ornamental grasses to new shoots
- Time for spring/summer deer repellents
April
- Schedule spring fertilization
- Begin preventive disease treatments for trees and shrubs
- Fertilize lawn and apply crabgrass pre-emergent
- Don’t forget to mulch your trees and shrubs
May
- Consider an organic or integrated tick program
- Watch new leaf growth for signs of pests; schedule treatments as needed
- Perform preventive disease treatments for your lawn
June
- Schedule a Storm Damage Risk Audit with your arborist
- Consider a wetting agent application for summer
- Schedule your mid-season ArborKelp® treatment
July
- Perform hand pruning on spring flowering shrubs
- Monitor for drought stress and irrigate as necessary
- Water lawns deeply and infrequently
August
- Keep fruit trees nourished and watered during the summer months
- Schedule an autumn aeration