May Gardening To Do List

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Plant

• Annuals and perennials early in the month
• Warm season vegetables (seeds and transplants)
• Caladiums
• Zinnia seeds
• Continue planting gladiolas every two weeks for a succession of blooms
• Choose and plant crepe myrtles while in bloom so you can choose the desired color
  

Lawn Care

• Seed bermuda grass
• Fertilize bermuda and zoysia lawns with a complete fertilizer
• Mow lawns approx. 2". Do not remove more than a third of the leaf blase at each mowing.
  
• Consider using a mulching mower
  

Prune

• Climbing roses at the end of the month
  

Other

• To prevent leaf roller on cannas, drench the soil around them with with a systemic insecticide like imidacloprid
• Remove seed pods from bulbs and irises
• Water deeply during weeks with less than one inch of rain
• Stake tall plants