Raintree Village May 2018
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GARDENING TIPS FOR MAY<br />
Warm weather means our gardens and landscapes are growing<br />
fast. Here are some tasks to keep your landscape beautiful and<br />
productive:<br />
Flowers: Time to plant summer blooming perennials and annuals<br />
including plumbago, zinnias, angelonia, purslane, lobularia, sunflowers,<br />
yellow bells, pride of Barbados, duranta and bat-faced cuphea.<br />
Vegetables: <strong>May</strong> is a great time to plant, from seed or nursery plants,<br />
okra, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, winter squash, pumpkins, basil,<br />
peppers, lima beans, eggplant, garlic chives and Malabar greens. If<br />
you don’t want to dedicate an area of your yard, consider planting<br />
here and there in your flowerbeds. Edible landscaping is a popular<br />
new trend!<br />
Lawns: Water 1/2 to 1” of irrigation per week. A rain gauge or straight<br />
sided container (such as a tuna fish can) will help you know how long<br />
to run your irrigation system to apply 1/2”.<br />
Weeding: Hand pull or hoe weeds while they are still young or better<br />
yet, maintain a 3” layer of mulch in all vegetable and flowerbeds to<br />
deter weeds from getting a start.<br />
Pruning: Remove spent blooms on spring and summer annuals to<br />
promote new blooms.<br />
Fertilizing: Fertilize flowerbeds and vegetable gardens w/slow<br />
release organic fertilizer.<br />
Water: Deep soakings between rain events is better than frequent<br />
light sprinkling.<br />
Birds: Spring migration continues until mid-<strong>May</strong>. Clean bird feeders!<br />
Replace water in bird baths to avoid creating mosquito breeding<br />
spots.<br />
Submitted by Robert “Skip” Richter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension<br />
Horticulture Agent in Harris County<br />
MAY 13, <strong>2018</strong><br />
6 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2018</strong> | Community Newsletter
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