Flower Beds:

• Allow foliage of spring-flowering bulbs to brown and die down before removing.
• Plant gladioli, hardy transplants of alyssum, phlox, and marigolds.
• Control rose diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew. Remove infected leaves.
• Spray as necessary with registered fungicide.
• Prune ornamentals for air circulation and to help prevent fungus diseases.

Gardens:

• Start a garden this year with sunflowers, carrots, green beans, pumpkins, sweet corn and peas.
• Plant these vegetables: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, chives, endive, leeks, lettuce, peas, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, spinach, and turnips.
• Place compost or well-decomposed manure around perennial vegetable plants.

Trees:

• Prune and shape or thin spring-blooming shrubs and trees after blossoms fade.
• Protect dogwood trees, as they begin growth, against anthracnose diseases.
• Apply a copper fungicide.

Lawns:

• Fertilize lawn, let spring rains carry the fertilizer into the soil.