Summer Arrives!!!

June To Do List

• Prune spring blooming shrubs, after they have bloomed, as necessary.
• Weed regularly
• Tender vegetables and annuals may be planted after June 1
• Top up mulch on flower beds, around trees and shrubs.
• Water gardens and lawns.  Lawns require 1 inch per week of rain/watering.
• Allow leaves on expired tulips and daffodils to remain.  As they fade, they help provide nutrients to the bulb for next year's blooms.  Feed after blooming.
• Train vines to follow trellises by tucking in shoots; tie branches of climbing roses to supports.
• The first week of June, snap off candles (new growth on mugho pines) in half or more to control growth and shape.
• Trim hedges, keeping top of hedge narrower than the bottom.
• Stake tall perrenials and cage tomatoes and similar plants now before they get floppy.  Apply peony rings to peonies if you have not already done so.
• Deadhead flowers as they become spent to promote new flowers.