Landscape Care Calendar

March

  • Prune rose bushes
  • Consider early spring goose repellent treatments or ash tree protection from emerald ash borer
  • Apply first lawn fertilization with crabgrass pre-emergent
  • 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
  • Begin preventive disease treatments

April

  • Complete shade tree and feature tree pruning
  • Begin mowing as your grass comes out of dormancy
  • Treat vulnerable boxwoods with ArborBuxus
  • Schedule your summer aeration for warm season grasses

May

  • Schedule your first tick treatment
  • Schedule a wetting agent application for summer

June

  • Watch closely for signs of pests and diseases – schedule treatments as needed
  • Schedule a storm damage risk audit with your arborist
  • Adjust your irrigation for high summer temperatures

July

  • Perform hand pruning of spring flowering shrubs
  • Treat plants stressed by summer heat with biostimulant ArborKelp®
  • Water lawns deeply and infrequently
  • Prune hedges/non-flowering shrubs

August

  • Keep fruit trees nourished and watered during the summer months
  • Schedule a late summer wetting agent application

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