Want to ensure your lawn and anchor plants are healthy and thriving all season long? It’s the perfect time of year to add grass seed, fertilizers, compost, and mulch to help both new and current plants in your landscape flourish!
Read our fertilizer guide below to learn what fertilizers to use on your plants in the spring and how to fertilize to give them the best start this season!
FOR NEW PLANTINGS
For giving new plants a healthy start, we love BioTone Starter by Espoma, and we suggest combining it with Cotton Burr or MOBOT compost to amend your soil and give plants the nutrients they need to establish roots quickly!
BioTone Starter Plus
BioTone Starter Plus is a bio-active plant food with beneficial bacteria, humates, and mycorrhizae that promote enhanced root development! It’s all-natural, organic, and perfect for new plantings of trees, shrubs, and perennials!
Cotton Burr Compost
Cotton Burr Compost gives your new tree and shrub plantings the nutrients they need to develop roots quickly and launch into producing healthy growth! When planting, simply add a half-inch layer of compost around the base to and outward throughout the tree or shrub’s canopy and till it into the existing topsoil.
Missouri Botanical Garden Compost
We love using Missouri Botanical Garden Compost for new perennial plantings! Especially for natives, this compost with nutrients from our region gives them the perfect head start. (And better yet! A portion of all sales goes back to MOBOT!) Simply spread 1-2 inches of compost on top of your newly planted perennial bed to promote growth, prevent weeds, and help make your perennials more drought-resistant!
FOR ESTABLISHED PLANTS + LAWNS
For established plants and lawns, fertilizing in early spring and fall helps plants stay vigorously productive even after many seasons! In our store pick from Plant Tone, Tree Tone, Azalea Tone, and Holly Tone to help every area in your landscape flourish!
Grass Seed + Compost
Did you know that you can spread compost on your lawn even if your grass is fully established? Just like any other plant in the garden, grass needs nutrients to keep coming back strong each year! For a landscape abundant in rich green grass, we suggest mixing compost with George’s Magic Mix grass seed with enough compost to spread it a maximum of ½ thick on the landscape. (A helpful tip- using a spreader