Push heaved plants back into flower beds and borders, tamping them down around the base with your foot, or use a shovel to replant them. Once the threat of frost has passed, Roger also removes existing mulch to set the stage for a new layer once spring planting is done. Next on the spring yard clean up checklist, rake out fallen leaves and dead foliage (which can smother plants and foster disease), pull up spent annuals, and toss in a wheelbarrow with other organic yard waste. Use jute twine or gentle Velcro fasteners to hold the canes in place.Ī pair of sharp bypass pruners makes a clean cut on both dead and living foliage. On climbers, keep younger green canes and remove older woody ones neaten them up by bending the canes horizontally and tipping the buds downward. Cut back winter-damaged rose canes to 1 inch below the blackened area. Where soil has thawed, dig up perennials, such as daylilies and hostas, to thin crowded beds divide them, leaving at least three stems per clump, and transplant them to fill in sparse areas. Prune flowering perennials to a height of 4–5 inches and ornamental grasses to 2–3 inches to allow new growth to shoot up. Cut back and divide perennials as needed. Then, as temperatures warm up, you'll be in better shape for seeding and planting, and for enjoying the outdoors." Perennials and GrassesĢ.
Spring landscape cleanup pro#
TOH Pro Lawn Care Tip: Roger Cook, TOH Landscape Contractor says, "Now's the time to get some basic spring yard maintenance done. Trim overgrown evergreens back to a branch whose direction you want to encourage. Prune summer-flowering shrubs, such as Rose of Sharon, before buds swell, but wait to prune spring bloomers, like forsythia, until after they flower. At right, Roger neatens up a yew by pruning wayward shoots back to an intersecting branch. Shaping hedges with hand pruners, rather than electric shears, prevents a thick outer layer of growth that prohibits sunlight and air from reaching the shrub's center. Where tree or shrub branches have been damaged by cold, snow, and wind, prune back to live stems use a handsaw for any larger than ½ inch in diameter.
Spring landscape cleanup Patch#
Here is a spring yard clean-up checklist to tackle now to give your green patch a clean start. The Best Year-Round Lawn Care Schedule Spring Yard Cleanup Checklist
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