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Preparing Your Garden for Spring

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Astronomical Spring is March 20th to June 19th….but it really depends where you live!

Exactly when is spring?

Early Spring

February to early March

Middle Spring

Mid March to April

Late Spring

May

Hey What about June???Isn’t it still spring?

Nope…not for me!

Tasks for February

1. Clean up debris left over from fall2. Weed3. Apply Pre-emergent weed killer to

established beds4. MULCH5. Stop and Look! What do you want your

garden to look like next spring?

Plants for a February Garden

SNOWDROPSGalanthus

Plants for a February Garden

LENTEN ROSEHellebores

Hellebore and Galanthus

Tasks for March

1. Complete list from February!2. Have soil tested if opening up a new bed3. Attend local gardening events4. RESIST the temptation to plant all but

hardy perennials !!!!

Plants for a March Garden

PrimrosesPrimula

Plants for a March Garden

Celadine or Wood PoppyStylophorum diphyllum

Plants for a March Garden

CANDYTUFTIberis

Tasks for April

1. Time to start planting perennials2. Resist the temptation to plant annuals until

after April 15th……I wait until the end of April when the ground is warmer

3. Create new planting beds4. Go buy plants, support the local plant

societies!

Middle Tennessee Perennial Plant Sale

April 14, 2012TN State Fairgrounds

Bloom ‘n’ Garden Expo April 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2012

Ag Expo Park, Franklin

Tasks for May

1. Plant tender annuals2. Planter boxes and pots3. Finish up plantings, apply fertilizers, mulch4. Skeeters are coming……

May Gardens…..the possibilities are endless

Tasks for June………Sit back and enjoy your garden

View from the Screen Porch ……where those skeeters can’t get me!!

Thanks for your time!

Questions?