The Dallas County Master Gardener Association, Inc., a division of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, has posted its June Gardening Task List, featuring several to-dos that gardeners should be taking note of this month. Among the group’s recommendations:
- Plant ground covers and tropical and warm season annuals
- Continue to plant warm season turf grasses
- Prune out any dead or broken branches of trees and shrubs but avoid major pruning during summer heat (and don’t prune live oaks and red oaks until after June 30 to prevent the spread of oak wilt)
- Cut back spent flowers of annuals and perennials to encourage new blooms
- Pay special attention to the water needs of new lawns, trees and ornamentals as hot dry weather sets in
Website/complete task list: www.dallascountymastergardeners.org
