- Feed azaleas, camellias, gardenias and magnolias.
- Prune azaleas, and camellias, after blooming is completed, to maintain the size and shape you desire.
- Plant summer annuals such as begonias, coleus, dusty miller, torenia, marigold, salvia, zinnia, vinca, pentas, scaveola, angelonia, impatiens and more.
- Plant caladiums.
- Plant okra, cucumbers, beans, cantaloupe, peppers, squash, watermelon and other plants that require a warm soil to get started.
- Feed roses fertilome “Rose Food with Systemic Insecticide” and begin a regular regimen of spraying alternating Copper Fungicide, Bonide Mancozeb, fertilome Liquid Systemic Fungicide to prevent black spot.
- Prune spring flowering trees and shrubs after blooming.
- Watch for powdery mildew in particular on susceptible plants such as crape myrtles and roses. Treat with Copper Fungicide.
- To prevent early and late leaf blight and other disease on tomatoes, spray with Daconil. To prevent these blights, it is necessary to start preventative treatment at the beginning of April.
- Feed crepe myrtles monthly with fertilome “Rose Food with Systemic Insecticide”. This monthly feeding will keep off the insects such as aphids and white flies which in turn will prevent the unsightly black sooty mold on the leaves.