May Garden Tips

• It’s May! A great time to plant trees, shrubs, perennials, groundcovers and fruits. Set out warm season vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.
  

• Slugs and snails love newly planted annuals and vegetables. Silvery trails and chewed leaves are sure signs of their presence. Other pests to watch out for this month include aphids and gypsy moth caterpillars. Ask us about organic methods of controlling these and other pests.
  

• For color from now until frost, fill your yard and containers too, with colorful summer blooming annuals. Ask about the many varieties that we carry. Whether you have sun or shade we have color combinations that will dazzle you.

• Fertilize trees, shrubs, perennials and lawns if you haven’t done so already this spring. Feed roses monthly until the end of summer. Fertilize annuals and vegetables regularly. Don’t forget those in containers and hanging baskets.
  

• Prune deciduous spring flowering shrubs such as Forsythia and lilacs immediately after flowering has finished, to shape or confine as needed. Remove spent flowers of annuals regularly to keep them blooming right through summer.
  

• Don’t forget Mother’s Day…We’ve got great gift ideas mom will really love!