May Green Ideas
For Your Lawn
- Apply grub control if there is evidence of moles and other rooting rodents in your lawn.
For Your Vegetable Garden
- Plant asparagus.
- Plant warm-weather vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers, after all danger of frost has passed.
- Top-dress garden with aged cow manure.
For Your Flower Beds
- Start setting out annual plants when danger of frost has passed.
- Begin feeding your roses.
- Fertilize new beds and side-dress established perennials with all-purpose fertilizer.
- Time to transplant most of your perennials.
- Set out summer-flowering bulbs, such as dahlias, gladiolus, and lilies, if danger of frost has passed.
- Plant your window boxes and container gardens.
- Inspect your irises for borers. Telltale signs include veining or holes on the underside of fans.
For Your Trees and Shrubs
- Feed your broadleaf evergreens with a fertilizer formulated for acid-loving plants.
- Check shrubs for scale. Treat if necessary.
- Check birch trees for signs of leaf borers. Look for discoloration and veining in the leaves.
- Prune flowering shrubs after they have flowered and before next year's buds have set.
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