Killingworth Evergreen Garden Club

March 2006

Did you know that March is the best time to do renovative pruning of all your deciduous trees and shrubs? However, you should note, that for shrubs that flower in the spring (up until June) - pruning in March will sacrifice the blooms this season. While pruning your spring bloomers may be unusual, the overall benefit of pruning now before the new buds emerge will outweigh fewer blooms at flowering time.

March is also the time to start to water and fertilize house plants that you had summered outside and that were brought in last fall to rest for the winter. These would include clivia, spider plant, begonia, ferns and philodendron

We all have plenty of granite boulders here in Killingworth, but have you ever thought of using them as part of the hard scape or as a focal point in your garden? March is a wonderful time to take a walk around your property looking for nice boulder specimens that you can incorporate into your garden design. This is the one time of the year when you can really get a good look at what you have...last year's leaves are all tamped down and this spring's foliage has not yet emerged .

Connecticut is listed having zones 5 and 6 and Killingworth can be can be both. South of Route 80 can be Zone 6, while north of Route 80 can be Zone 5. Your yard can have pockets of each.

Now is the time to clean out old raspberry and blackberry canes. As the weather gets better, you an also start to do some weeding.

Happy Gardening

In Your Garden comes to you courtesy of the Killingworth Evergreen Garden Club.