May Garden Calendar
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Collapse ▲Plants in Flower & Plants of Interest
- Southern Magnolia
- Kousa Dogwood
- Mountain Laurel
- Roses
- Clematis
- Dianthus
- Bearded Iris
- Peony
- Coreopsis
- Poppy
- Summer Annuals
 Figure 1: bearded iris |
 Figure 2: peony |
 Figure 3: Clematis |
 Figure 4: Southern magnolia |
Fertilize
- Summer flowering shrubs (crape myrtle & rose-of- Sharon)
- Side-dress vegetables 6-8 weeks after germination
Planting
- Gladioli corms this month
- Summer annuals (begonias, geranium, marigold, petunia, zinnia, etc.)
- Vegetables transplants (eggplant, pepper, tomato, sweet potato)
- Vegetable seeds (beans, cantaloupe, corn, cucumbers, okra, southern peas, pumpkin, squash, watermelon)
- Warm season herbs like basil
- Divide and transplant mature herb plantings
Pruning
- Rhododendrons after flowering
- Any hedges that have “wild hairs” or have lost their shape
- Begin pinching mums and continue through early July
- DO NOT cut back spring bulb foliage until it turns yellow and brown (they need to get as much energy as they can for next year’s bulb production)
Spray
- Monitor landscape shrubs for: arborvitae-bag worm, azalea-lace bug, boxwood-leaf miner, euonymus-scale, hemlock and juniper-spruce mites, pyracantha-lace bug and hybrid rhododendron borer.
- Monitor vegetables for: cucumber (cucumber beetle), squash (squash borer and aphids, tomato and eggplant (flea beetle), broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower (worms).
- Spray tree fruits such as peaches and bunch grapes with a fungicide program.
- Use pesticides sparingly & Spray only when needed! à (Remember that pollinators are out now!)
Lawn Care
- Start warm season grasses like zoysia now
- Fertilize zoysia this month after it has greened up
- DO NOT fertilize tall fescue now
- Cut tall fescue and bluegrass at 3-4inches & zoysia at 1inch
- Come grab a Carolina Lawns Guide at our office!!
Propagation
- Softwood cuttings of azalea, rhododendron, forsythia, clematis, chrysanthemum, and geranium late this month if you have a misting system
Specific Chores
- Purchase locally grown strawberries
- Move houseplants outside if desired
- If weather has been dry, give favorite plants a good soaking once a week