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Practice patience

White orchid among other orange flowers and greenery.

This winter has been particularly worrisome and as gardeners, we have wanted to do something — anything — to ensure our plants survive and thrive. However, right now, we have to practice patience.

  • Wait to rake your lawn. Raking now can stress your lawn and rake up live plants.
  • Wait to plant until the soil is truly workable.
  • Hold off on any kind of grub treatment until (1) you know you have grubs in your lawn and (2) mid-summer when Japanese beetle grubs are most vulnerable.

However, you can be pruning oaks and fruit trees this month, ordering seeds and plants from your favorite grower, starting seeds, and dormant seeding your lawn (including bee lawn seed).

Visit the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum flower to get your indoor flower fix!

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