July Green Ideas

For Your Lawn

• Keep an eye out for grub damage. Apply a grub control now and as necessary in August. Grub damage can be confirmed by brown patches of turf that peels back easily, usually revealing the white grubs.
• Remember to raise mowing height to 3 inches to conserve water during the hot months of July and August. Lawns will need a high nitrogen feeding during this time.
  

For Your Vegetable Garden

• Apply a weekly fertilizer to give vegetable plants a healthy start and keep them producing all summer long.
• It is not too late for veggies! For those who are getting a late start, consider a container garden of cooking herbs and tomatoes. Remember, you can never have enough fresh basil.
  

For Your Flower Beds

• Keep feeding those roses with rose food. Want a break? Consider some hardy new varieties of low maintenance bloomers. Try the new 'Knockout' roses. They are now available in a range of colors.
• Deadhead annual and perennial flowers to encourage repeat bloom. Discard spent flowers to avoid spreading disease.
• Have some bare spots in your borders? Visit the garden center for larger 'patio' pots of summer annuals. It is an instant fix that will keep your border blooming all summer long.
• Not interested in keeping up with the weeds? Can't keep up with the watering? Apply a layer of mulch to beds to control weeds and conserve moisture.
• Today's new varieties of super annuals require additional fertilizer treatments. Give plants a weekly feeding of liquid fertilizer to keep them performing all summer long.
  

For Your Trees and Shrubs

• Make sure to keep those newly planted trees and shrubs watered well. Try to provide at least an inch of water, whether through the rain or sprinklers in order to protect your investment.
• Just discovering shrubs with winter kill? Stop by the nursery for some instant color. We've still got a great selection of flowering shrubs, evergreens and trees.