• After Forsythia flowers have faded, prune shrubs if needed.
• All beds can be carefully cultivated after mulch is removed and weeds eradicated.
• All winter protection should be removed by this time.
• As tulip bulbs show, a dusting of fertilizer will produce larger and taller flowers.
• Avoid tramping on dormant perennials that have not emerged above ground yet.
• Be sure to water all newly planted flowers and shrubs.
• Begin cutting the lawn when the grass blades are about 2 inches tall.
• Begin pruning roses after new growth has begun, but not before removing winter protection and pushing back hilled earth.
• Divide all of your fall blooming perennials now.
• Drain and clean out Lily pond.
• Evergreens can start being planted towards the end of the month.
• Fertilize fruit trees with a fertilizer that is high in nitrogen, to support leaf development.
• Finish raking the lawn and apply fertilizer.
• Fuchsia cuttings taken from new growth can be placed in sand for rooting.
• Have your soil tested before adding any fertilizer or lime.
• If you didn't get it done last fall, divide Phlox now.
• Keep an eye out for tent caterpillars, spray if any are spotted.
• Last call to start tomato seeds indoors.
• Many of the plants in your rock garden will appreciate a dressing of stone chips.
• Melons and cucumbers can be started in the hotbed for an early crop.
• Onion sets planted now will ripen into a bountiful crop, within a short time.
• Pinch back tips of new snapdragon seedlings to encourage branching.
• Plant new garden roses this month.
• Pull away any old foliage from iris.
• Prune Hydrangea, Rose of Sharon, Buddleia and Abelia.
• Reseed bare patches in the lawn.
• Seedlings in hotbeds can be hardened off in cold frames.
• Seeds of hardy flowers and vegetables can be sown in cold frames.
• Set out Pansies, English Daisies, and Forget-me-nots from the cold frame.
• Shrubs can be planted any time this month.
• Spring is the only season to move Magnolias and Tulip-trees.
• Start feeding roses, and keep an eye out for aphids on them.
• Transplant lily of the valley pips.
• Tuberous-rooted Begonias can be started in the cold frame.
• Violets set out now will soon recover themselves, and go on blooming.
• When roses are in full leaf, begin a weekly spray program, and continue through summer.
• Why not start a journal and record the blooming dates of your flowers.
• Wood ashes saved over the winter months, can now go on your Roses.
