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The following are tips and guidelines that will help you maintain your lawn and landscape please click the months below that you are interested in, and see our recommendations for your lawn or landscape for that timeframe. The guidelines for timelines are all dependent on weather conditions of any given year. They may vary in time frames due to temperatures, and conditions such as snow. If any of these services interest you please fill out our estimate request, and someone will contact you shortly.
 

March
      

        Weeks 1 and 2

• Apply dormant oil spray pesticide to non-sensitive plants. Check current recommendations on toxicity of various insecticides before applying them to your plants. Dormant oil should be applied before leaf and flower buds start to expand, and when temperatures are above 45 degrees F. If scale insects have been a problem, use a summer oil on oil-sensitive plants.

• Fertilize trees and shrubs. Do not allow fertilizer to fall onto lawn areas.

• Complete pruning of trees and shrubs that flower after June 30th.

        Weeks 2 and 4

• Fertilize lawn area with a high nitrogen fertilizer and crabgrass preventer.

• Remove burlap from winter sensitive plants.

April

        Weeks 1 and 2

• Mow as needed. Do not mow grass shorter than 2 inches.

• Apply recommended fungicide if turf diseases are present, or were present last year.

• Examine trees and shrubs for winter damage and remove and/or repair all damaged limbs.

• Fertilize perennial beds.

• Unwrap and prune roses

• Apply and maintain a 2-3” layer of mulch. This is the best way to control weeds.

• Apply pre-emergent to all mulch beds.

        Weeks 3 and 4

• Prepare annual beds.

May

        Weeks 1 and 2

• Prune all spring flowers trees and shrubs immediately after flowering is completed.

• Inspect trees and shrubs for any insects or disease.

• Weed all planting beds.

        Weeks 3 and 4

• Plant Annuals.

• Make second application of fertilizer to established lawn areas.

June and July

• Inspect Evergreens for mites and spray as needed. Inspect all plants for scale.

• Continue to weed planting beds. This should be a bi-weekly practice, especially in perennial and groundcover and plantings. Weeds will compete for nutrients and hasten their establishment and appearance.

• Make sure adequate watering is being done throughout site.

• Finish all pruning of late spring flowering plants.

• Prune Evergreens at this time, if necessary. Be cautious in cutting back candles. This will produce a sheared look. However, it will help thin White Pines fill in.

• Fertilize trees and shrubs (second application, high nitrogen).

• Apply second application of fertilizer to perennials and annuals. July is a good recommendation for this.

• Divide or split perennials if necessary.

• Apply third application of fertilizer to lawn only if areas are being watered.

August

• Water more frequently, as needed depending on weather conditions. This would be a good time to check the amount of water being applied again.

• Wait to fertilize any woody plants until after their dormancy begins (October).

• Continue weed control.

• Prune Summer flowering plants immediately after they finish flowering.
   

September

        Weeks 1 and 2

• Over-Seed any thin areas of lawn with grass seed mix.

• Continue mowing as needed

        Weeks 2 and 4

• Fertilize lawn

• Reduce watering due to lower plant transpiration

• Prune summer flowering plants immediately after they finish flowering.

October

• Mow lawn as needed.

• Water as needed

• Carry out leaf removal throughout month.

• Begin winterizing perennials

• Pull Annuals

November and December

• Apply winterizer fertilizer to lawn.

• Apply Wilt Pruff when temperature is above 40 degrees.

• Make you last lawn mowing of the year during the first or second week in November

• Complete perennial winterization

• Finish all leaf clean-ups

• Tie up Evergreens that are susceptible to snow damage.

• Wrap burlap around winter sensitive plants (most broad-leaf evergreens).