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Lawn Care Maintenance Calendar

Landscape

This backyard landscape was designed to give a place for both a lawn and tress.

Our customers’ landscapes are put on a yearly calendar to minimize weeds and maximize beauty. The following list outlines just a few aspects of lawn care maintenance that we are able to do during each month of the year.

January

  • Spray any weeds in both warm and cool season grasses with post-emergent herbicide.
  • Cut back Liriope.
  • Prune shrubs that need shaping.
  • Fertilize fescue.
  • Dead head annuals.

February

  • Apply pre-emergent to Bermuda, Zoysia.
  • Apply pre-emergent with fertilizer to Fescue.
  • Continue with post-emergent weed control.
  • Prune Crape Myrtles.

March

  • Apply spring fertilization for trees and shrubs as necessary.
  • Resume regular mowing schedule.
  • Continue with post-emergent weed control.

April

  • Apply second application of pre-emergent with fertilizer for all types of turf.
  • Prune new growth on shrubs.
  • Resume weekly maintenance schedule for all types of turf.
  • Change out annuals for spring and summer.

May

  • Prune shrubs and trees that need shaping or have excess new growth.
  • Monitor turf and beds for insects/ants.
  • Continue full maintenance.

June

  • Inspect turf and shrubs for signs of disease or insect damage.
  • Apply high nitrogen fertilizer for warm season turf.
  • Apply balanced fertilizer for fescue.
  • Prune shrubs.

July

  • Deadhead annuals.
  • Continue full maintenance.
  • Apply post-emergent weed control.
  • Apply fungicides if necessary.

August

  • Apply proper fertilizer to turf and shrubs as needed.
  • Prune shrubs.
  • Continue full maintenance

September

  • Fall aeration, overseeding, and fertilization for fescue.
  • Lime applications.
  • Continue full maintenance.
  • Dead head annuals.

October

  • Continue full maintenance.
  • Begin leaf removal.
  • Apply fall pre-emergent application for warm season grasses.
  • Change annuals for winter.

November

  • Continue leaf removal.
  • Prune shrubs as needed.
  • Apply post-emergent weed control on both warm and cool season turf.

December

  • Dead head annuals.
  • Prune shrubs as needed.
  • Continue leaf removal.
  • Reduce mowing schedule.
 

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