Landscape Care Calendar
March
- Prune mature trees while still semi dormant, before new buds appear
- Prune ornamental and fruit trees before new growth
- Treat trees with preventive or curative services
April
- Evaluate trees and shrubs for winter damage and devise course of action to address issues
- Treat susceptible trees to protect them from borers
- Schedule spring deep root fertilization
- Complete shade tree and feature tree pruning
- Complete first lawn fertilization with crabgrass pre-emergent
May
- General pruning and removals
- Begin preventive disease treatments
- Prune hedges
June
- Call your arborist if you see signs of pests and diseases
- Schedule a storm damage risk audit with your arborist
- Lilac pruning
July
- Perform hand pruning or spring flowering shrubs
- Treat plants stressed by summer heat with ArborKelp®
- Water lawns deeply and infrequently
August
- Keep fruit trees nourished and watered during the summer months
- Schedule fall aerations
