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

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