July Oklahoma Lawn & Garden Tips
To ensure success in your Oklahoma lawn and garden, here are some tips for July from TLC Garden Centers, serving OKC since 1980.
June Lawn & Garden Tips
June Checklist June is still a good time to plant colorful summer annuals, such as Lantana, Penta, Angelonia, Purslane, Portulaca (rose moss), Periwinkle, Begonia, etc. Most shrubs, trees, perennials, and ground covers may still be planted in June as long as adequately watered. Crapemyrtle, Althaea, Vitex, and Desert Willow provide excellent summer blooms. Fertilize new plantings with Fertilome Root Stimulator. Hibiscus, Esperanza, Plumbago, Bougainvillea, etc. also provide g
Bagworms are here, Oklahoma!
If you have arborvitae, junipers, cypress, spruce, cedar, or other evergreen shrubs and trees, now is the time to start checking for bagworms.
These destructive pests begin as tiny caterpillars that feed on foliage and quickly build the familiar “bags” that hang from branches. Left untreated, bagworms can strip plants of their foliage and cause severe damage—especially to evergreens.
May Gardening Tips
May is a great month to plant annuals, perennials, shrubs, roses, trees, and ground covers. Fertilize new plantings with Fertilome Root Stimulator. Plant bedding plant annuals, such as begonia, impatiens, periwinkle, petunias, caladiums, zinnia, etc. Fertilize with TLC Garden Max or Espoma Organic Flower-Tone.
Plant tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumber, sweet potatoes, eggplant, okra, etc. Fertilize with TLC Tomato & Vegetable Food or Espoma Organic Garden-Tone. Prepare soil
Roses in Oklahoma
TLC Garden Centers carries over 150 varieties of Roses. Visit us today to get expert advice on growing beautiful roses.
Narrow Landscape Plants
Nature’s Fenceposts
We all have that area in our landscape that is tight and narrow. The space between our homes and sidewalks, areas between our driveway and our neighbor’s yards, and corner spots that need something with height but not much width. Columnar plants serve a much-needed purpose in our landscapes and offer solutions to many of these problems. Their slender growth habit means they don’t take up much horizontal space. Some of these varieties grow quite tall...