ROLLING HILLS GARDEN CENTER
VILLAGE GALLERY FLORIST AND GIFT
ROLLING HILLS GARDEN CENTER
VILLAGE GALLERY FLORIST
MAY QUOTES
"The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." — Harriet Ann Jacobs
"Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful." — Jim Carrey
"Always it's spring and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves." — E.E. Cummings
“May, I love you with everything I am. For so long, I just wanted to be like you. But I had to figure out that I am someone too, and now I can carry you, your heart with mine, everywhere I go.”
― Ava Dellaira
“In May, anything seemed possible. If only I could learn to harness time itself. To make every month like May! Or, perhaps, to live backward in time, so that whenever the end of the month arrived, I could turn May right around and live it all over again.”
― T.A. Barron
"The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." — Harriet Ann Jacobs
What's New with Us?
It has been said that a picture is worth a 1000 words. So maybe these pictures can answer the question, but just have to add a few words.
Ferns, hanging baskets, perennials, annuals, shrubs, trees, ground covers, container gardens, and much more.
MAY'S SPECIAL DAYS
May 1 May Day
May 2 Brothers and Sisters Day
May 3 Garden Meditation Day
May 4 Bird Day
May 5 Cinco De Mayo
May 6 National Nurses Day
May 7 National Paste Up
May 8 Iris Day
May 9 Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 10 Clean Up Your Room Day
May 11 Hanging Flower Baskets Day
May 12 Mother's Day
May 13 Frog Jumping Day
May 14 Chicken Dance Day
May 15 National Slider Day
May 16 Love A Tree Day
May 17 Pack Rat Day
May 18 Visit Your Relatives Day
May 19 Boy's Club Day
May 20 Pick Strawberries Day
May 21 National Memo Day
May 22 National Maritime Day
May 23 Lucky Penny Day
May 24 Don't Fry Friday
May 25 Brown Bag It Day
May 26 Sally Ride Day
May 27 Memorial Day
May 28 National Hamburger Day
May 29 Learn About Composting Day
May 30 Mint Julep Day
May 31 Flip Flop Day
May is the time for celebrations. Everyone loves Cinco De Mayo, Mother's Day, Graduations, Dance Recitals, and Memorial Day. All are great occasions that can be enhanced with flowers or gifts from the Village Gallery. Again let the pictures speak!
Garden and Lawn tips for May NC Cooperative Extension website.
Lawn
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Leave clippings on the lawn – they return nutrients and water to the soil and do not contribute to thatch.
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Thatch build up is the results of over fertilization. If your lawn has a thatch layer thicker than a half inch, power rake in May to remove thatch.
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Aerate lawns only if the soil has become compacted. The best time to aerate a lawn is when the grass is actively growing from May to June.
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Frequent mowing encourages lawns to thicken and reduces weed problems. Maintain bermudagrass, zoysia and centipede lawns at 1” tall and St. Augustine lawns at 3-4”.
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Spray broadleaf weeds with a post emergent herbicide. The best product to use will depend on the weeds you are trying to control and your turf type.
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Check lawns for white grubs and apply insecticides by mid-June. Best to control Japanese beetle grubs in May or early June. Use insecticides labeled for grubs like Merit, Advance Lawn Grub Control, and Season Long Grub Control.
Trees, Shrubs and Flowers
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Prune spring-flowering plants, such as forsythia, azalea, camellias, oakleaf hydrangea, and spirea immediately after they finish flowering but before mid-July. If you wait until late summer or fall to prune, you will remove next season’s flowers.
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Scout for bagworms on shrubs and trees; especially pay attention to junipers, Leyland cypress, and cedars. Cut out or spray with Sevin, malathion, or B.t. (Dipel).
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Be on the outlook for two common rose diseases: blackspot and powdery mildew. Many fungicides are available to control these diseases including: Daconil, funginex, and immunox being the more common ones. Spray applications should be every 7 to 10 days starting in the spring and after heavy rains.
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Keep an eye on dogwoods, deciduous magnolias (tulip trees), crape myrtle and viburnum for powdery mildew.
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Replace winter flowers (pansies, snapdragons, etc.) with heat loving annuals like coleus, sweet potato vine, lantana, vinca and petunias.
Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs
Plant late season vegetables such as pumpkins, peppers, cucumbers, okra, and sweet potatoes.
Do not forget to sidedress or fertilize your vegetable garden six to eight weeks after germination.
Harvest onions, garlic and potatoes when their tops start to die back.
Mulch around vegetable plants to conserve moisture and reduce disease problems.
Jessica Strickland is an Agriculture Extension Agent, specializing in horticulture for North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Wayne County.
For more facts about gardens and the month of May, check out the website below:
https://www.almanac.com/content/month-may-holidays-fun-facts-folklore