by Jim Habeger, Pacific Vista Landscape Services, Inc.
Week One:
We suggest you continue to plant container-grown trees, shrubs, ground covers,
and perennial flowers.
However, in the desert, finish planting this month.
and perennial flowers.
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Week Two:
Week Three:
Keep mowing regularly -- about once every week or two -- and at the right height. It's the best thing you can do to control weeds and keep grass thick and healthy. In areas where it's hitting the 90s F, mow cool-season lawns such as bluegrass, ryegrasses, or fescues at 3 inches or so (2 inches in cooler weather). Mow warm-season grasses such as Bermuda, St. Augustine, and Zoysia at about 2 inches all growing season long.
Week Four:
De-thatch warm-season lawns, if necessary, once the lawn starts to grow. Fertilize your lawn. If conditions are dry, spider mites may well be starting to take hold. Control them by giving affected plants a strong daily blast with the hose, being sure to get underneath the leaves. This has the nice side effect of also reducing aphid populations. Keep up with watering, paying special attention to newly-planted plants, roses and lawns.
For best use of water, water around established plantings once the soil is dry about 6 inches below the surface. If you don't already have a drip irrigation system set up for your containers, check out the many types available at your garden center. Deadhead fading flower blossoms. You'll keep your garden neater and flowering better longer. Stake tall plants that need it now while they're just a foot or so high and continue to control snails and ants as needed.
For best use of water, water around established plantings once the soil is dry about 6 inches below the surface. If you don't already have a drip irrigation system set up for your containers, check out the many types available at your garden center. Deadhead fading flower blossoms. You'll keep your garden neater and flowering better longer. Stake tall plants that need it now while they're just a foot or so high and continue to control snails and ants as needed.
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About The Author:
Jim Habeger, President, RMO, CLT, Pacific Vista Landscape, Inc., 2006 - date.
Certified Landscape Technician, 1997 - date.
Licensed Contracator since 1994, 3 Classifications.
25+ years in the landscape industry.
Awards:
City of La Canada, Beautification Award, 2012.
Building of The Year (TOBY), 2011 - BOMA.
Service Partner of The Year, 2011 - CB Richard Ellis.
Jim Habeger, President, RMO, CLT, Pacific Vista Landscape, Inc., 2006 - date.
Certified Landscape Technician, 1997 - date.
Licensed Contracator since 1994, 3 Classifications.
25+ years in the landscape industry.
Awards:
City of La Canada, Beautification Award, 2012.
Building of The Year (TOBY), 2011 - BOMA.
Service Partner of The Year, 2011 - CB Richard Ellis.
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