June is Perennial Gardening Month!Watch for our blooming German Iris bed when you visit.

Apply Rhodo-dendron & Azalea Insect & Disease Control to prevent lacebug damage

Check pepper & tomato plants for cutworms

Examine Arborvitae, Spruce & Honey Locust for bagworm.  Spray with Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew if present

Start harvesting Earliglo Strawberries

Trim May-blooming Azaleas & small-leaved Rhodo-dendron to shape

Trim spring flowering plants as they finish up blooming

Deadhead May blooming Rhodo-
dendrons

Trim indeterminate tomatoes

Dayton's plant problem diagnostic clinic



Flag Day

Fertilize again with Plant-tone or Holly-tone

Trim Mountain Laurels to shape

Start harvesting early strawberries

Apply Bayer Rhodo-
dendron & Azalea Insect & Disease Control for lacebugs

Watch for potato beetles and hand harvest them for organic control

Use Neem oil for insect control on vegetable plants and herbs

Peak bloom of Rhodo-
dendron maximum hybrids
Father's Day
Summer Begins

Check out recipes for strawberry pie and  strawberry
pretzel
salad !

Trim type "B" Clematis

Spray BT for caterpillar control on veggies, Hollyhocks and perennial Hibiscus