Central Florida Gardening Calender

June is a great month to propagate those landscape plants!  Don't spend a lot of money for future landscaping by multiplying your inventory.  Click here for an article on propagation.

Central Florida gardeners (zone 9) will love the gardening calender from the University of Florida Extension Service that includes links for each topic.

Even if you don't live in Central Florida, the different educational topics are applicable to many other areas and gardening zones.

Click here for the complete list!

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April Gardening Notes

    

~ What to do in April ~

a suggested list of notes for Florida gardeners

Remove winter damaged plant portions.

Look for shoots from near the ground line of severely damaged plants.

Leaves are a source of free mulch or compost for the gardens.

Give all poinsettias a spring trimming.

Now is the time to add new plants to the landscape.

Maintain 2- to 3-inch mulch layers around trees and shrubs;

 one inch in flower beds.

Use slow release fertilizers that can feed landscape plants for months.

Feed palms with special fertilizers made for these plantings

 every 3 to 4 months.

Complete pruning of overgrown plants.

Prune spring flowering trees and shrubs after the blossoms fade.

Inspect older trees and trim as needed before the hurricane season begins.

Water new plantings as needed to keep the soil moist.

Divide perennials before the really hot weather arrives.

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