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- All Plants
- Annuals
- Butterfly Attracting
- Deer Resistant
- Drought-Defiant
- Fragrance
- Indoor and Houseplant
- Midwest Native
- Ornamental Grass
- Rain Gardens and Bioswales
- Salt-Tolerant
- Shade-tolerant
- Summer Color for Sunny Sites
- Trees & Shrubs
- Vegetables
- Vines and Groundcovers
- Wetlands and Streambank Stabilization
- Winter Interest
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When is the best time to fertilize in the spring?
Trees - February or March, or at least before they leaf out. We carry spikes and granular fertilizers. If trees have been in the ground longer than 5 years, they probably don't need to be fertilized.
Shrubs - March or April. If pruning, that is a good time to fertilize.
Perennials - March or April as you see them starting to pop up out of the ground.
Lawn - a light application in March or April is all that lawns need. If applying Fertilome Weed-Out, this contains enough fertilizer until early June. If using Organica Lawn Booster, it is best applied in March, May, June, July, Sept, and October.
The best fertilizer to use is something containing organic matter such Early Bird Compost or Milorganite. Other organic fertilizers, such as Fish Emulsion, Bone Meal, Blood Meal, or Organica Flower Booster, can be used with Cotton Burr Compost as a soil amendment or mulch. Organic fertilizers release their nutrition slowly. Follow the package directions.
We also carry slow-release fertilizers, like Dynamite and Osmocote, and conventional fertilizers for any of the applications listed above. We can help you pick out the best fertilizer for your needs.
