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monthly reference for our area. Thanks to all our loyal
customers and welcome 2011. Spring can't get here fast
enough. Our winter so far has been miserable cold. The
snow offers a great ground protection for all plants.
Can't wait to see the crocuses and daffodils show their blooms!

February and March Gardening:
1. Save wood ashes to add to compost pile to speed humus decomposition; in the garden it supplies potash : sprinkle blood meal for a jump start
2. Force branches of Forsythia, Pieris, Flowering Quince, Dogwood, Flowering Crabapple, Pussywillow, Pear and Blueberry
3. Start seeds inside: keep soil moist, supply a good light source and diluted fertilizing once a week once germinated :start broccoli,cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage seeds inside
4. Plant insecticide recipe: 1/4 tsp. liquid dish detergent; 1tbl. vinegar; 1/4 tsp.ground pepper; 1 clove garlic; 1qt. water; blend, strain, spray : fertilize houseplants
5. Mulching beds will protect from the sun so the ground stays frozen and heaving is prevent
6. Fungicide recipe: 1tsp.baking soda; 1tbl. insecticidal soap; 1 qt. water
7. Good soil rejuvenation for roses is important for healthy roots including peat moss, dehydrated manure, shredded oak leaves, organic fertilizer in late April, prune now to encourage new growth
8. Plant gladiola
9. Sow cold hardy seeds late march in full sun (sweet peas, sweet alyssum, morning glory, marigolds, cosmos, zinnias, radishes, lettuce, snap peas, spinach and other veggies): plant potatoes, horseradish and rhubarb : Test soil PH... vegetables like slightly acidic 6.0 to 6.9 range 10. Prune useless wood from rambler roses, clematis, honeysuckle, and trumpet vine : prune butterfly bush: prune fruit trees : prune to renovate overgrown privet hedges
11. Apply lime to lawn with results of soil test, top dress with soil and reseed
12. Fertilize shrubs and evergreens with a good organic fertilizer that contains chelated iron: rhododendrons need a slow release high nitrogen fertilizer
13.Use dormant oil to kill eggs of aphids, scales and mites on trees and shrubs, hemlocks that
are plagued with wooley aldegid, fruit trees: avoid oil on red maples, blue spruce : use before plants have leafed out
14.Renew lawn by top dre

May Gardening
Mother's day is near but don't be fooled by warm days because the night temperatures can drop easily to the 30's and 40's and it's trouble for many annuals and tropical plants that you want to enjoy the whole season. Watch for the changing moon for temperatures to drop. Frost is possible for the nights of 32 degrees. Most blooming annuals love warm weather but hotter weather for the blooms to really take off.
Don't put your house plants out until the end of May. Make sure that they move gradually to full sun as the leaves will burn. In the fall the same for bringing your plants back inside. Move them gradually to less sun then inside as they will not drop leaves as severly. Hibiscus, mandevilla, tibouchina, brugmansia, canna, caladium, papyrus, banana, colocasia, tropical fruit bearing trees, solanum (all potato vines and trees) and others like temperatures above 50 degrees.
Watch roses for those pesty aphids and inchworms that prey on flowers and leaves... use a systemic insecticide.
Annuals such as New Guinea impatiens, impatiens, begonias, coleus and vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash and cucumbers need warmer weather as in the third week of May to be planted. Dahlias can be started inside in pots. ( go see the Dahlia garden at Planting Fields this summer!!!!)
Annuals should be fertilized every other week with a good all around bloom boosting fertilizer. This should be routine throughout the summer months.
Remember to make sure seeds are planted into a sterile soil... and they should not be planted outside until all danger of frost is gone and ultimately not until the 3rd week of May.
Oakwood Road Gardens has a huge selection of unusual and exotic annuals and perennials that are blooming throughout the season... new varieties of lantana, verbena, bacopa, coleus, diascia, scaevola, wave petunias, calibrocoa ( million bells petunia), plectranthus, heliotrope, strobilanthus, salvia, osteospermum, argyranthemum, portulaca, non-stop begonia, mini and double blooming impatiens and New Guinea impatiens in all your favorite colors. Did you know there are orange and yellow impatiens and cascading ones too!!!!Many large shipments start the week before Mother's Day. Happy planting

More April Gardening
April showers bring May flowers.... forsythias and daffodils are in bloom... pansies and violas are a treat to plant. Pansies bloom into the summer... and longer with some of the heat tolerant varieties that we have now... violas are perennial and will come back next year... english primose is also a long blooming perennial that will come back if planted in a part sun area with well drained soil... ranunculus can be planted also
Early cold tolerant annuals are osteospermum, diasia, snapdragons, nemesia, stock, dianthus, cosmos, cleome, cornflower, nigella and larkspur,
Prune roses, Epsom salts will perk them up. Lightly scratch a half-cup into the soil around each plant.
Stake peonies before they start to flop over
Prune forsythia after they bloom

April Gardening

1. Spray program for roses endorsed by the American Rose Society and the Long Island Rose Society is also environment friendly. Spray with the highly refined oil early in the season using that same oil in combination with Wiltpruf as a deterrent for both mildew and for black spot.
A couple of times during the season spray with Daconil ( or Immunox) as a routine fungicide. Prune hybrid tea roses down to about 18".
Soil supplements for established roses
1/2 cup epsom salts per plant (lightly scratch into soil around each plant) ; 1 cup gypsum ;
1 Tbl. lime to raise PH; 1/2 cup 5-10-5 applied at least 6" from the base of the plant ( organic fertilizer or 10-10-10 can be used also)
2. Remember that fall blooming perennials can be split in the spring. Feed perennials now with an organic fertilizer for slow release. 10-10-10 is another good perennial fertilizer.
3. Watch for overcrowding in your perennial garden... thin and/or redig and reshape invasive varieties.
4. Buddlea, caryopteris, vitex, spirea, potentilla, abelia, montauk daisies, chrysanthemums and asters can be pruned now.
5. Viola, pansies and Johnny Jump Ups are wonderful early spring color for your garden. They prefer cooler spring weather.
6. Crabgrass pre-emergent is best spread before May 15th ; before forsythia bloom is good
7. Sow seeds of marigolds, nasturtiums and morning glories indoors
8. stake peonies before they start to flop over
9. divide hellebores after they flower
10.BE PATIENT... it's still too early and too cold for impatiens, petunias and many summer flowering annuals... remember some cold tolerant annuals like nemesia, allysum, cornflower, nigella, snapdragons and remember primrose, english daisies, ranunculus and california poppies

Courduff's Oakwood Road Gardens and Landscape co. inc.

3 acre nursery, garden center, landscape design and build, florist
Perennials: including hosta, daylilies, shade perennials, astilbes and many new
varieties of blooming perennials for all seasons (thousands of choices)
Ornamental Grasses
Roses: 3-gallon, #1 grade, patented and newest varieties that are disease resistant,
fragrant and long blooming
Evergreens, Blooming Shrubs and Ornamental Trees
Annuals in flats, containers, planters, hanging baskets and unusual planters for all seasons
Holiday Specials including Easter, Mother's Day, Halloween and Christmas
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Creative, inspiring staff will help with all your outdoor projects.... large and small