Give your lawn its first fertilization of the year. If you use a fertilizer which contains a slow release fertilizer,such as Kingwood Premium, fertilize again in May. If you have used a fast acting fertilizer, such as a Weed and Feed, feed again in mid April with KGC Premium.

Spray camellias with All Seasons Spray Oil to combat tea scale. Oil spray can be used on any of your plants to kill over-wintering insect eggs. Do not use if temperatures are over 90º F.

Fertilize currently non-blooming trees and shrubs with Easy Gro or fertilome Tree and Shrub fertilizer.

Feed established roses. Do not feed newly planted roses until after the first blooms.

Prune and trim azaleas after flowering and fertilize with an Easy Gro ACG or fertilome ACR fertilizer.

Divide perennials and daylilies.

Feed crape myrtles with fertilome Rose Food with systemic insecticide. A monthly feeding will keep off the insects, which in turn will prevent black sooty mold on the leaves.

Plant vegetable starter plants, tomatoes, peppers, squash, egg plant, and cucumbers. Use Schultz Multicoat 17-17-17 when planting any bedding plants.

Finish any rose or dormant plant pruning. Remove any freeze damage.

When transplanting or planting a new tree or shrub, use Carl Pool Root Activator to get the plant off to a fast start.

Late March, apply a lawn fungicide such as fertilome F Stop to prevent brown patch or take-all patch. Lawn fungi flare up when the nights are cool and the days are warm.

Prune hibiscus and feed with Color Star Hibiscus Food to encourage new growth and blooms.. Hibiscus do not like a fertilizer with a high middle number. Rather they like a fertilizer with lots of potassium, the last number.

Plant perennials such as lantana, verbena, gerbera daisy, phlox, plumbago, lobelia, columbine, coreopsis, bush daisy, foxglove, lamb’s ear, liatris, lythrum, pentas, sedum, shrimp plant, wedelia, and yarrow.