Greetings All!

What a lovely time of year. The daylilies are exceptionaly this year; have you noticed them flowering their lovely hearts out? With the weather continuing its pleasant temperatures and low humidity, it’s a wonderful excuse to take an early morning or evening walk around your neighborhood. Great for the senses and spirits!

What To Do Now

• Enjoy the fruits of your labor ~ take pictures of your landscaping and bring in flowers to decorate your home
• Look for egg masses under leaves and branches for second generation insect infestation
• Watch out for adult feeding of evergreens, especially black vine weevil, which will cut notches on the side of leaves. Treat with soil drench and foliar contact insecticide
• Clip evergreens now that the new growth has hardened.
• Freshen up mulch by adding more hardwood mulch or peat moss to bring out color
• Fertilize your lawn the first week of July
• Be mindful of dryness with lawn and beds; water as necessary but water well, not quickly and shallowly.

How Can We Help You?

  We’ve joined the 21st century! Find us on facebook to keep up with the latest events, observations and offerings of gardening interest~ just search for ‘Jacrist Gardening Services, Inc.’

Also now, I am able to print out your job proposal immediately after reviewing your property with you, as I have computerized one of our trucks. Another Buffalo landscaping first – no waiting, no wondering.

Why not contact us if you have plans to improve your home?

We are experienced in:

• Period Landscaping
• Paths, Patios, Walks & Walls
• Low Voltage Landscape Lighting
• Specialized Ornamental Pruning & Renovation
• Landscaping for Beds, Borders & Complete Site Plans
• Ornamental Shrubs, Trees, Perennials & Ornamental Grasses

Our crew is ready and able to tackle what you have in mind and to complete it professionally and responsibly so your home looks good! Give me a call or shoot me an email.

I also offer a On-Site Gardener Program (click on the Services tab on top of the webpage above) where for up to 2 hours, I walk around your property with you, bounce ideas around with you and we’ll talk about what’s right and what doesn’t work with your present landscaping and grounds. In addition, you’ll receive my personally authored booklet on caring for your landscaping, filled with tips and guidance learned over my 30 plus years in the landscaping business. A great value and great for do-it- yourselfers!

What an incredible  May we’ve had! Cold followed by unseasonably hot, dry days. The cold frosts earlier last month froze early terminal growth of japanese maples and yews. But not to worry ~ Nature will recover. But if this unseasonable dry weather continues, break out those hoses and get watering.

What To Do This Month:

Lawn Mowing - Change up your lawn mowing pattern so you don’t always cut in the same direction, creating ruts. Cut at 45 or 90 degree angles every two or three times to keep your lawn looking fresh. Also, don’t let clippings blow into beds to prevent grass seedlings from getting introduced. Also, with this heat, raise your lawn mower blade to at least 2 3/4 inches.

Site Scouting – Walk around and tap a few branches onto a blank piece of paper and look for small spider mites or insects. Watch for tips of evergreens suddenly turning brown or for black mold taking hold on branches. Scale and weevils get their start now and can be controlled early in the month.

Increasing Flowering of Annuals - Cut the new growth in half now so that the plant will send out sideshoots which will produce more flower buds. This is especially good on chrysanthemums and sedums.

How Can We Help You?

  We’ve joined the 21st century! Find us on facebook to keep up with the latest events, observations and offerings of gardening interest~ just search for ‘Jacrist Gardening Services, Inc.’

Also now, I am able to print out your job proposal immediately after reviewing your property with you, as I have computerized one of our trucks. Another Buffalo landscaping first – no waiting, no wondering.

Why not contact us if you have plans to improve your home? We are experienced in:

• Period Landscaping
• Paths, Patios, Walks & Walls
• Low Voltage Landscape Lighting
• Specialized Ornamental Pruning & Renovation
• Landscaping for Beds, Borders & Complete Site Plans
• Ornamental Shrubs, Trees, Perennials & Ornamental Grasses

Our crew is ready and able to tackle what you have in mind and to complete it professionally and responsibly so your home looks good! Give me a call or shoot me an email.

I am also offering a On-Site Gardener Program (click on the Services tab on top of the webpage above) where for up to 2 hours, I will walk around your property with you, bounce ideas and learn what’s right and what doesn’t work with your present landscaping and grounds. In addition, you will receive a personally authored booklet on caring for your landscaping, filled with tips and guidance learned over my 30 plus years in the landscaping business. A great value and great for do-it- yourselfers!