April Gardening Tips and Advice<br />

Pale Yello Daffodils in Bloom
Daffodils and other spring blooming bulbs are beginning to emerge.

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Deadnettle in spring bloom
Winter annual weeds such as Purple Deadnettle are flowering in garden beds and lawns.

April is the Month to:

Observe Arbor Day and Earth Day by planting a tree
Fertilize trees and shrubs
Plant pansies for early spring color
Fertilize bulbs with a slow-released fertilizer
Plan the spring and summer garden
Lime your lawn to raise soil pH
Prune roses and cut back ornamental grasses
Repot hibiscus, and other houseplants
Prune back forsythia after it has finished blooming

The bright yellow color of Forsythia in bloom is the first sign of spring

April Odds and Ends
Spring bulbs are emerging

Garden centers now have summer blooming bulbs such as gladiola, cannas and daylilies. Purchase them now to get the best varieties. .

Prune shrubs that bloom on new wood such as Budleia and Hydrangea

Prune Crape Myrtle the first part of the month

Clean up your yard and remove downed limbs and twigs from winter ice and snow storms

Tulip Magnolia in bloom

Tulip Magnolias are in bloom

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Deer Resistant Plants

Attract Birds to the Garden

Add Fragrance to the Garden

Plan a Rock Garden

Design Your Landscape

Bradford Pear in bloom Bradford Pears are one of the first spring-blooming trees. They are fast growing trees that provide beauty year round.

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