Twelve Months of Articles/Holiday Hints

	Super Bowl Sunday Fruit Trees - Deciduous - Apply 2nd dormant spray for insect and disease prevention (before buds open). Lawns - Apply preemergence for crabgrass & spring weeds (if needed).
	Valentine’s Day Flowers - Roses - Complete pruning. Grapes - Prune vines. Vegetables - Plant lettuce, peas, potatoes, radishes.
	St. Patrick’s Day Flowers - Seed cosmos, garden herbs, sunflowers, wildflowers, etc. Bulbs - Plant summer flowering bulbs/corms (e.g. amaryllis, cannas, gladioli, bearded iris). Lawns - Fertilize with a complete fertilizer. Vegetables - Plant beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, peppers, squash, tomatoes.
	April Fool’s Day Flowers - Azalea, camellia & gardenias - prune & fertilize with ‘acid type’ fertilizer after bloom. Roses - Check for aphids & mildew; feed with systemic & rose fertilizer. Fruit & Nut Trees - Deciduous - Fertilize (½ now, ½ in June). Evergreen - Prune (after danger of frost and up until bloom) Vegetables - Plant corn, okra, tomatoes.
	Mother’s Day Flowers - Plant summer color bedding plants (e.g. begonia, impatiens, marigold, petunia, salvia, vinca, zinnia). Lawns - Fertilize with nitrogen; apply preemergence for summer weeds (if needed). Fruit Trees - Citrus - Fertilize 3x in early spring & summer with citrus/avocado fertilizer. Olives - Spray olive trees at bloom to prevent unwanted fruit.
	July 4th - Independence Day Fruit Trees - Prune apricots after harvest to avoid disease. Lawns - Fertilize warm season grasses (bermuda, St. Augustine, & zoysia). Do NOT fertilize cool season grasses (fescues, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye). Vegetables - Plant artichokes, pumpkins, & winter squash.
	Labor Day Lawns - Fertilize all lawns with nitrogen. Apply preemergence for annual bluegrass & winter weeds (if needed). Strawberries - Set plants out now for next year’s fruit. Vegetables - Plant artichokes, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, kale, lettuce, & potatoes.
	Halloween Flowers - Seed delphiniums, foxgloves, hollyhocks, sweet peas, etc. Plant winter color bedding plants (e.g. iceland poppies, pansies, snapdragons, stock). Lawns - Overseed bermudagrass lawns with annual or perennial ryegrass. Fruit & Nut Trees - Prune properly to promote next year's fruit.
	Thanksgiving Flowers - Bulbs - Plant spring flowering bulbs (e.g. crocus, daffodils, dutch iris, hyacinth, narcissus, ranunculus, and tulips). Fruit Trees - Apply 1st dormant spray for insect and disease prevention. Vegetables - Plant spinach.
	New Year’s Day Flowers - Roses - Start pruning. Vegetables - Plant asparagus crowns.