Landscape Care Calendar
March
- Implement your lawn care and plant health care programs
- Prune ornamental and fruit trees before
new growth - Cut back ornamental grasses so new
shoots can emerge - Prune rose bushes
- Consider early spring goose repellent
treatments or deer repellent treatments
April
- Apply spring/summer deer repellents
- Evaluate ornamental trees and shrubs for
winter damage - Treat susceptible trees to protect them
from borers - Schedule spring tree fertilization
- Complete shade tree and feature tree
pruning - Apply first lawn fertilization with crabgrass
pre-emergent
May
- Schedule your first tick treatment
- Schedule a wetting agent application for
summer - Treat vulnerable boxwoods with
ArborBuxus - Continue preventive disease treatments
June
- Watch closely for signs of pests and
diseases – schedule treatments as
needed - Schedule a storm damage risk audit
with your arborist
July
- Perform hand pruning of spring flowering
shrubs - Treat plants stressed by summer heat with
biostimulant ArborKelp - Water lawns deeply and infrequently
August
- Keep fruit trees nourished and watered
during the summer months - Even large, established trees need water
during periods of drought, so water as
needed - Schedule a fall aeration
