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Sunny Lambeth Allen and Teresa Daugherty Hechenbleikner formed Planters on the side in 2008 out of a passion and desire to share our planting knowledge with Charlotte and surrounding area. We were asking God to reveal a career that would allow us to tap our gifts and truly enjoy work. Our vision began to take form and everything fell into place which we took as a sign that we were on the right track. We create container gardens using organic products and mostly locally grown plant material. Our work includes a variety of plants from herbs and annual flowers to trees, shrubs and perennials. Now we service clients from Charleston, SC to Lake Norman, NC. We hope you enjoy our gardening information and pictures of our beautiful creations!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Good Ideas for February from My Nephew!

Just wanted to send out a few notes of what should be going on in the landscape now:

1.  Turf - Cool season grass (Fescue) needs it's first round of fertilizer including preemergent for crabgrass control
             Warm season grass (Bermuda) spot treat (kill) anything green (weeds, cool season grass) in the turf using round up during warm weather 
              until turf starts to green up

2.  Perennials / Groundcover - Cut back liriope (monkey grass) and any perennials that haven't been cut back yet like daylilies, hostas, ornamental grasses, etc.

3.  Mulch - After removing any late leaves that have dropped and cutting back above , apply pine straw or other types of mulch so when plants grow up, they will grow up through new mulch instead of being covered by it later. It will also help you get ahead of weeds this Spring.  If the weed seeds don't get sunlight, they won't germinate.

4.  Trees - Prune out any dead wood, suckers and complete structural pruning to shape trees and keep away from structures.

5.  Order Seeds - It’s a great time to think about seeds for your spring vegetable and flower gardens. Buy now for the best selection.  

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Walter H. Hechenbleikner
Trugreen Landcare
5947 Kenley Lane
Charlotte, NC 28217
Mobile: 704 202-5449
Office: 704 521-2833

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