February

Cut back roses, vitex, crepe myrtle, and summer bloomers.

• Remove all old flower heads.

• It's time for heavy pruning for size and shape on all but spring-flowering trees and shrubs.

• Cut away all dead, injured and diseased branches, crossed branches that grow at narrow angles to the main trunk.

• Divide and replant perennials, ferns and ground covers.

• Fertilize roses after pruning, shade trees and flowering trees. Scatter a balanced fertilizer beneath and slightly beyond the spread of branches. Water well.

• Sprinkle a balanced fertilizer around bulbs as they begin to sprout.

• Now is the time to begin weed and feed programs for your lawns.

• Fertilize trees and shrubs such as ligustrum, junipers, and oaks with a 13-6-6 slow release.

• Acid loving ferns, dogwood, blueberries, magnolias, hollies, and redbuds need azalea-camellia fertilizer.

• Fertilize blueberries after they finish blooming.

• Fruit trees require peach & pecan fertilizer with minor elements included.