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- Feed Fescue Lawns with Atlanta Turf Special Lawn Fertilizer. Set mower height to 2 to 3 inches for fescue grass.
- Set out annuals, perennials and other bedding plants in mid to late April. Apply an application of balanced fertilizer.
- Plant Shrubs, such as Rhododendrons, Viburnums, Azaleas and Spiraea for late spring color.
- Remove faded flowers from daffodils, tulips and hyacinths, but let the foliage die naturally.
- Fertilize Bermuda and Zoysia grasses with Pike Atlanta Turf Special Lawn Fertilizer when grass is at least 50% green.
- Begin setting out summer-flowering bulbs such as gladioli in April.
- Plant caladium bulbs in pots, and begin designing summer container gardens after all danger of frost has passed.
- Fertilize azaleas and camellias immediately after bloom. Feed other flowering shrubs, if not done so previously.
- Feed spring-flowering bulbs immediately after bloom.
- Plant summer annuals now. Use Wave Petunias, Geraniums and Marigolds in the sun and Coleus, Impatiens and Begonias in the shade.
- After blooming, prune early spring blooming shrubs like Forsythia, Azaleas and Weigela.
- Apply a balanced fertilizer to all plants before hot weather sets in.
- Be on the look out for pests such as slugs and snails, especially if we have a cool, wet spring.
- Fertilize winter planted vegetables in early April.
- After danger of frost, begin planting warm season vegetables.
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