Tips Spring Perennials Apply foliar fertilizer now to early-blooming spring perennials to give them a boost.
Nights are still cold.
Broadleaf and needleleaf evergreen plants are easily damaged if there is insufficient ground water on warm days. There are products available that can be sprayed on plants to help lessen the loss of water from their leaves. Spring fertilization may not be necessary if you fertilized in the fall and did not water afterwards. The next necessary step is crabgrass preventer about the time that dogwoods bloom. How to Volunteer Applications will be taken through November for the 2002 classes.