May Gardening Schedule

Stay on track with your gardening schedule in May. This is an important month if you want to get the most beauty out of your garden this summer.

Below are a few spring clean up, to-do items, that you'll want to tackle right away. For more information view the "Spring Time Garden Schedule - May" on the Blooming Rails website.

• Clear the lawn and flower beds of dead branches/stick, leaves, and pine needles. 
• Prune away dead and/or damaged branches from tree's and bushes. 
• Push heaved plants back into flower beds. 
• Prune and divide perennials. 
• Clear away dead foliage around plants. 
• Pull up spent annuals. 
• Remove deteriorated mulch and prep for a new fresh layer. 
• Prune away dead and/or damaged branches from tree's and bushes. 
• Reset decorative rocks and stone that have sunken or shifted from winter ice and spring flooding.
• Spread Milky Spore to start the battle against Japanese beetles.