May Tips:
- Feed all roses with rose food now and during every month throughout the summer.
- Deadhead annual and perennial flowers to encourage repeat blooming. Discard all spent flowers to reduce the spread of disease.
- If transplanting spring flowering bulbs, lift and separate daffodils, tulips, and minor bulbs at this time. Apply a fungicide treatment, store in a cool, well ventilated space, and allow to rest until fall.
- Apply a mulch layer to keep weeds down and increase moisture retention.
- A weekly liquid fertilizer will get your annual and vegetable plants off to a great start and keep them performing all summer long. Try a Miracle Gro general purpose for annuals and Natural Daniels Plant Food for your vegetables.
- Plant summer flowering bulbs such as lilies, dahlias, and cannas when danger of frost has passed.
- Time to transplant most of your perennials.
- Start setting out tender annuals after danger of frost has passed.
- Plant your window boxes, whiskey barrels and other container gardens now.
- Inspect your irises for borers. Telltale signs include holes or veining on the underside of the fans.
- Check your birch for leaf borers. Look for discoloration and veining in the leaves. Apply systemic granuals for control.
- Check shrubs for scale. Treat with a horticultural oil if necessary.
- Feed your broadleaf evergreens with Hollytone for acid loving plants.
- Schedule any necessary pruning of flowering trees and shrubs after they have finished flowering.
- Apply grub control if there is evidence of moles or other rooting rodents in your lawn.
- Plant warm weather vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplants after danger of frost has passed.
- Top dress your vegetable garden with compost. We carry Coast of Maine Lobster Compost which is perfect for your vegetables and herbs.
