Plants in Flower
• Wintersweet, Breath of Spring(Winter Honeysuckle), Lenten- Rose(Hellebores), Trailing Arbutus, Crocus, Violets, Japanese Flowering Apricot

Fertilizing
• Shade trees can be fertilized.
• Fertilize emerging spring flowering bulbs.
• Spread wood ashes around the vegetable garden, flowering bulb beds and non-acid loving plants if the pH is below 6.0.

Planting
• First week in February start broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower plants inside your home.
• Plant English peas, onions, Irish potatoes, radishes, rutabagas, spinach, kale, turnips, and carrots the last week of February.
• Plant asparagus crowns when soil is dry enough to work.

Pruning
• Prune bunch grape vines this month.
• Trim ornamental grasses like liriope, mondo grass, and pampass grass.
• Cut back any overgrown shrubs.

Spraying
• Peach and nectarine trees need to be sprayed with a fungicide to prevent leaf curl.
• Spray all fruit trees with dormant oil to help eliminate some insects.

Lawn Care
• Cool season lawns like tall fescue should be fertilized. Follow soil test results.
• Control wild onion in your lawn with spot sprays of a recommended herbicide.

Propagation
• Divide perennials like daylily and shasta daisy when the ground is dry enough.
• Hardwood cuttings of many landscape plants like Crape Myrtle, Flowering Quince, forsythia, hydrangea, juniper, spirae, and weigela can be taken this month.

Specific Chores
• Clean out bluebird boxes.
• Order flowers for your sweetheart – Happy Valentine’s Day!
• Develop a vegetable and landscape plan for your home grounds.
• Order strawberry & blueberry plants.