Winter 2008 Maintenance Calendar

JANUARY

• Overhaul equipment for spring season
• Prune deciduous trees and shrubs to shape for coming spring
• Spray winter weeds in turf and bed areas
• Straw/mulch plant beds
• Remove leaves from last fall where needed
• Complete bulb planting
• Azaleas/rhododendrons – fungicide drench for root rot

FEBRUARY

• Prune deciduous trees and shrubs to shape for coming spring
• Prune deciduous summer and fall flowering shrubs
• Spray winter weeds in turf and bed areas
• Straw/mulch plant beds
• Prune evergreen shrubs
• Take soil samples for turf and plant beds
• Cut back liriope before new growth
• Apply systemic insecticides to crepe myrtle, river birch, etc. at bud break
• Clean up perennial beds
• Apply lime to turf-based on soil samples
• Prune crepe myrtle as needed

MARCH

• Apply systemic insecticides to crepe myrtle, river birch, etc. at bud break
• Fertilize all perennials with a timedrelease fertilizer
• Overseed thin areas in fescue turf where applicable (do not use preemergence)
• Apply pre-emergence herbicide to shrub beds
• Apply pre-emergence herbicide to turf areas – except where seeding
• Prune spring-flowering shrubs and vines after they finish flowering
• Watch for aphids, tent caterpillars, snails and slugs, blackspot, powdery mildew, leaf spot, etc.
• Prune roses
• Fertilize shrubs, trees and groundcovers -- except spring flowering
• Prune overgrown shrubs
• Watch for leafminers on holly, boxwood and azalea
• Watch for spider mites
• Apply post-emergence herbicides as needed to shrub and turf areas
• Scalp warm season turf
• Prune out limbs killed over winter on trees and shrubs