CAUTION: Though some retailers in the South are offering spring annual flowers at this time, we highly recommend that you wait to plant these tender plants in your garden until early to mid-April, when all chances of frost have passed.

Tip #1: Broadcast a weed preventer over the lawn.

If you did not apply a weed preventer to your lawn in February do so now. Broadcast a weed preventer, such as Team 2G, over your Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede, or Fescue lawn to prevent the emergence of crabgrass and many other types of pesty spring weeds. One bag of Team 2G covers 22,800 square feet (1/2 Acre)

Caution: If you are planning to overseed your Fescue lawn this month do not apply a weed preventer at this time.

Tip #2: Fertilize shrubs and trees.

Feed shrubs and trees with a well-balanced shrub and tree food containing micronutrients, such as iron. Alternatively, you may use an organic or natural plant food.

CAUTION: Wait to fertilize spring flowering shrubs such as Forsythia (Yellow Bells) and Azalaeas until AFTER they have bloomed.

Tip #3: If you did not fertilize your fescue lawn in February do so now.

Feed established fescue lawns now with a high-nitrogen lawn fertilizer.

To determine how much fertilizer to apply measure your lawn area(s) for total square footage by multiplying the length x width of area(s) to be covered.SEE: How to Fertilize a Fescue Lawn

Tip #3: Fertilize perennial plants.

When your perennial plants have emerged from dormancy feed them with a well-balanced flower fertilizer. Alternatively you can use a natural or organic all-purpose plant food.SEE: How To Fertilize Perennial Plants

Tip #5: Fertilize pansies for the last time of the season.

Feed your pansies with a flower food containing a "nitrate" form of nitrogen. Pansies will put on a magnificent flower show through spring but will usually begin to fade out the latter part of April to mid-May. At this time, you can replace them with spring and summer flowering annual bedding plants, which will bloom until frost.

Tip #6: prune and fertilize roses.

In the South, you can hard-prune your roses in late February or early March. After pruning, fertilize with a well-balanced rose food. Alternatively, you may feed with an all-purpose natural or organic fertilizer.SEE: How to Fertilize Roses
SEE ALSO:How to Prune Knock Out Roses
SEE ALSO:How to Prune Hybrid Tea Roses

Tip #7: Prune Crape Myrtles and other ornamental shrubs and trees.

Prune Crape Myrtles and other ornamental shrubs and trees before new growth begins to emerge.SEE: How To Prune A Crape Myrtle Tree