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Selecting The  Right Plants
Selecting and buying plants is fun and rewarding, everyone wants THE garden in their yard, planter, patio and containers. However, this is where some landscape dreams turn to nightmares. Just because you received a flower magazine or browse a nursery and see all the beautiful specimens does not necessarily mean they will work in your particular location.
Let us help with your plant selections. We can advise for species indigenous to the St. Louis area and we can also help with planting locations and schedules for full sun, partial sun, shade annuals and perennials.
Season Guide and Planner
January - February
- Tend to your winter garden
- Blow out dead leaves and collected debris
March
- Take down winter garden ornaments
- Yard clean up
- Cut or take down weeds, vines, unwanted materials in yard
- Also a good time to add hardy shrubs
April
- Soil Prep
- Till beds and planter areas
- Add compost, humus or other amendments to yard and garden soil
- Expect Spring bulbs to bloom
May
- Make plans for planter area annuals and container arrangements
- Plant annuals
- Plant perennials
June - July
- Determine your landscape maintenance needs, this includes watering, fertilizing, pruning, dead heading, weeding
- Develop a schedule
- Keep a journal for your spring and summer landscaping / gardening, this is a great way to control costs and know what works where
- Enjoy your garden
August - September
- Keep to your summer maintenance schedule
- Start considering fall and winter landscaping
October
- Pack up the garden furniture
- Remove summer annuals and prep for winter
- Plant fall perennials (mums, etc)
- Consider planting bulbs and where you would like them placed for spring bloom
November
- Prepare for winter
- Leaf removal
- Flower bed and planter area cleaning and maintenance
- Winter garden decorating
- Plan your holiday season decorating
December
- Change and add to your winter garden
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