Tips

MAY

Tips provided courtesy of Wade and Ernestine Woodall of the Green Thumbs Garden Club.

• Water lawns late night or early morning to help prevent fungal diseases.
• Mow fine fescue lawns at a height of 2 1/2" to 3" and hybrid Bermuda at 3/4" to 1 1/2". Never remove more than 1/3 of the growth at a time. Maintain a sharp mower blade.
• If you failed to prune azaleas and camellias shortly after blooming, wait until next year. The next year’s bloom buds will begin forming soon. You can do selective pruning of weak, dead, or crossing limbs at any time.
• It is time to replace pansies with warm season plants.
• Choose plants that do well with the amount of sunlight the planting bed will receive.
• Prepare planting beds by digging the soil at least 6" and working in a generous amount of premium planting mix, and/or forest floor product.

Provided by: Garden Clubs and Garden Club Members of The Greenville Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. The Council’s Headquarters are located at the Historic Kilgore-Lewis House, 560 N. Academy Street in Downtown Greenville. (visit the Council website www.kilgore-lewis.org for information on becoming a Garden Club member)