To Do This Week

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Week of May 3rd, 2008

  • Fertilize container plants and trim spent flowers to encourage more growth.
  • Deadhead and feed roses.
  • Remove spent flower scapes from spring blooming bulbs.
  • Once foliage goes brown, you can tidy up, or move them if you want to spread them around.
  • Continue seeding hot weather annuals.
  • Trim back herbaceous fall-bloomers to encourage branching.
  • Prune spring blooming shrubs.

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