Green Thumb Gazette, April 2022

Alexander County Center

Green Thumb Gazette

April 2022 Newsletter

April 6 - Last frost date for Alexander County
April 11 - Beekeepers Meeting @ 7:00p.m. at Alexander Service Center
April 14 - 4-H Garden Club Meeting @ 5:30p.m. at Alexander Service Center
April 16 - Alexander Farmers Market Opens @ 8:00a.m.-noon NEW LOCATION (151 West Main Avenue, Taylorsville)

May Garden Calendar

Plants in Flower & Plants of Interest:

Southern Magnolia
Kousa Dogwood
Mountain Laurel
Roses
Clematis
Dianthus
Bearded Iris
Peony
Coreopsis
Poppy
Summer Annuals

For more May Garden Calendar tips click on the following link:
https://alexander.ces.ncsu.edu/2022/03/may-garden-calendar-2/

BOLOs (Be On The Lookout)....

Month-by-month lists of common plant diseases, pests, and other problems you may encounter in North Carolina yards and gardens. Straight from our PDIC (Plant Disease & Insect Clinic) entomologists and pathologists!

May: https://pdic.ces.ncsu.edu/bolo-may/

Here are a few more articles that you may find helpful:

https://alexander.ces.ncsu.edu/2022/03/when-forsythia-blooms-get-ready-for-spring-germinating-summer-annual-weeds/
https://alexander.ces.ncsu.edu/2022/03/joro-spider-not-as-scary-as-it-looks/
https://alexander.ces.ncsu.edu/2022/03/its-the-season-for-busy-ground-nesting-bees/
https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/2020/12/information-on-terrestrial-flatworms-and-hammerhead-worms/

Alexander County Offices will be closed on Friday, April 15, 2022 in observance of Good Friday.