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Planting by the sun
March
start dividing blooming perennials
Plant peas, potatoes, spinach
Fertilize azaleas, rhododendrons, other evergreens
Mulch -- remove fall mulch when the danger of hard frost is over to gives the soil a chance to warm up
April
plant lettuce and radishes (or last week in March)
divide and fertilize plants, start hardening seedlings
Prune spring flowering shrubs/flowers after they end blooming (winter jasmine, forsythia, azaleas, late lilacs, bearded iris and peonies)
May 15
official last frost date
KB, Garden Steward
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