March 2001

Garden Chores:

• Prune shade trees to remove dead and damaged wood
• Remove mistletoe
• Shape evergreens
• Plant trees, shrubs and spring bulbs
• Mulch bare soil and turn compost pile
• Feed greenhouse and house plants with earthworm castings
• Sow early cauliflower, lobelia, petunia, salvia, snapdragon, and verbena inside

What's blooming now?

• Christmas Rose
• Crocus
• Winter Flowering Honeysuckle
• Pansies
• English Primrose
• Leatherleaf Monhonia
• Chinese Monhonia

What's fruiting now?

• Viburnum
• Grape Holly
• American Beautyberry
• Yaupon Holly
• Possum Haw
• Nandina
• Pyracantha
• Redbud
• Cherry Laurel
• Soapberry
• Wax Myrtle
• Red Cedar

Calendar information compiled by Emma Sheard