Seasonal Care Calendar

Month-by-month guide to landscape and garden care. What to plant, what to prune, when to seed your prairie, and what to leave alone.

March

spring

Start cool-season annuals indoors

Plant bare-root trees and shrubs

Divide summer/fall-blooming perennials (hosta, daylily, grasses)

Sow native prairie seed (spring window — before soil reaches 60°F)

Remove winter mulch from perennial beds gradually

Edge beds with flat spade or half-moon edger

Apply pre-emergent on lawn areas (NOT on prairie areas)

Top-dress beds with 1-2 inches of compost

Amend beds with compost based on soil test results

Turn compost pile

Prepare new bed areas (smother with cardboard for future prairie)

Our AI designs use seasonal plant data to recommend the right species for the right time.