- As temperatures warm, remove protective winter coverings from plants.
- Replenish mulch around existing plants to a depth of three to four inches. Keep mulch away from trunks.
- Weather permitting, dig and move trees and shrubs prior to bud break.
- Monitor trees and shrubs regularly.
- Review insect and diseases that gave you problems last year. The sooner you detect damage, the easier it is to control.
- Control apple scab on Crabapple with a fungicide just as leaf buds begin to open. Spray should be repeated every 10 to 14 days until dry weather begins.
- Avoid pruning Oaks and Elms between mid-April and mid-July.
- Divide and move perennials every three years to prevent them from overcrowding.
- Deadhead spring bulbs when they are done flowering to direct energy back into the bulbs. Discard tulips that only produce large leaves but NO flowers.
- Plant a tree in celebration of Arbor Day!
