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Home & Habitat Garden Advice |
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- Watch for fungus-related
plant stress in spring if we have a
warm, wet winter.
- Look for yellowing
or mottled leaves as signs of insect
stress.
- Aerate beds with
a garden fork. Let soils drain and dry.
Wait awhile to re-mulch.
- Re-set your irrigation
systems to water sparingly after you
check your soils and find the shrub
beds are only moist, not wet - down
to six inches.
- Fertilize and shape
azaleas, camellias and gardenias when
they finish blooming.
- Plant native shrubs
in spring for your fall "bird garden."
Add American beautyberry, Arrowood viburnum,
Dwarf Barbados cherry and coralberry.
- Build a “green
screen” for privacy with wildlife-sheltering
trees and shrubs such as wax myrtle,
cherry laurel, Walter’s Viburnum
and Yaupon.
- Nourish your existing
plantings with compost and organic fertilizer
before re-mulching
- Reshape flowering
shrubs lightly after spring blooms for
denser growth with a natural form
- Prune perennials
in late February or March for fuller
plants in summer
- Prune shrub roses
around Valentine’s Day.
- Replace poor performers
in your landscape with Houston –hardy
plantings.
- Remove worn out
azaleas and replant native Viburnums
and Sweetspire shrubs.
- Plant ornamental
trees before Houston’s heat and
humidity sets in.
Schedule seasonal plantings around easy-to-remember
dates
Easter: Begonias, coleus, lobelia, melampodium,
impatiens, and ageratum
Mother’s Day: Caladiums, zinnias,
bachelor’s button, and scented
geranium
July 4th: Vinca, portulaca, purslane,
sedum
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