What To Plant

  • 4th of July pots and other accents of red/white/blue for a festive touch for your Independence Day party. Give plants a few weeks to grow in for the most polished look!

  • Your window to plant tomatoes, squash, and melons is closing. Get them in the ground soon!

  • Fruit trees, grapes, and berries will be arriving from our Growing Grounds. Add something delicious (and beautiful) to your garden.

  • Add lushness and texture to shaded areas with hostas.

  • Potted hydrangeas on a shaded patio or under a lath will add a large splash of color with their enormous blooms. Underplant with filling or spilling annuals for added polish.

  • Semi Dwarf Citrus may be smaller in stature but you can count on full-sized fruit! Plant citrus for fragrance, foliage, and fruit in the garden. They are excellent in containers as well as in-ground plantings.

Plant Protection

  • Before your cherries, blueberries, apricots, and other summer fruit begin to ripen, protect them from hungry birds with bird scare tape (shiny tape that moves in the wind), and/or plastic netting.

  • Hose off the branches of evergreen conifers every now and then through summer to discourage spider mites.

  • Protect your young Japanese Maples. Apply Wilt Stop spray to the foliage before the end of June and then monthly though the hot weather thereafter to protect the leaves from moisture loss.

  • Hungry tomato hornworms as well as geranium budworms and other caterpillars are ready to munch on your garden. Control them with earth friendly Captain Jack’s Dead Bug spray. Or head out at night with a blacklight and easily pick them off!

  • Put out Olive Fruit Fly Traps now and spray with Spinosad spray if-and-when flies are spotted.

Fertilizers

  • Look for yellow leaves on azaleas, citrus, and gardenias and treat with chelated iron if needed.

  • Citrus looking sad? It likely needs a well balanced citrus fertilizer to look green and healthy this summer.

Maintenance

  • Before planting bedding plants be sure to prepare the soil, clean out any dead or diseased plant materials, and aim to water the bed lightly a day or two before planting your news additions.

  • Raise the height of your lawnmower to 2 ½ -3 inches for the summer. Taller grass survives hot temperatures better and helps shade our weed invaders.

  • Divide and repot your Cymbidium orchids if needed.

  • Clip runners off strawberries and fertilize to prolong harvest.

  • Remove spent flower and stems from daylilies. While not absolutely necessary, you will get more blooms when you deadhead.

  • Fruit Trees

    • Almond harvest / remove and destroy fallen nuts

    • Apple fertilize mature trees / irrigate / control codling moth

    • Apricot harvest / irrigate / remove and destroy fallen fruits

    • Cherry irrigate / summer pruning* / cover with bird netting / harvest

    • Fig irrigate

    • Peach/Nectarine summer pruning* / harvest / irrigate

    • Pear fertilize mature trees / irrigate / control codling moth

    • Pecan summer pruning* for young trees / aphid control / fertilize mature trees

    • Persimmon irrigate / summer pruning*

    • Pistachio irrigate

    • Plum/Pluot/Prune irrigate / summer pruning* / harvest

    • Quince fertilize mature trees / control codling moth / irrigate

    • Pomegranate fertilize mature trees / irrigate

    • Walnut fertilize young trees / remove and destroy fallen nuts / irrigate
      *Remove strong vigorous shoots from the interior portion of the canopy to improve light penetration and air circulation in the tree's interior. Regular pruning will be required for those fruit trees being trained to fruit bushes.

      When irrigating, provide enough water to wet the soil 18” to 24” down. If using drip irrigation, place emitters in a circle around the tree at the drip line/canopy,       not at trunk. Water deeply as needed instead of frequently and shallowly.

June is a great time to pop in and take the time to explore what you may have overlooked in the busy spring months.