Early Spring Feeding for Hydrangeas and Roses - May 2021
Putting this post in the [garden diary] so I remember what I did in terms of feeding some of my existing shrubs and flowers in the beds. First, I fed my Disneyland Roses for the first time this year - using this product from Jobe's below - called Knockout Rose food. Mine aren't knock-out roses, but this is the only organic Rose food that the Home Depot was carrying when I was there. I also fed all of my hydrangeas with Hollytone (no photo), but I used the entire bag. I spread Hollytone around all seven of the Oakleaf Hydrangeas , the one teardown hydrangea and the two early ones ( Tuff Stuff and Everlasting Revolution ) in the backyard. In the front yard, I hit the pair of Limelights , the four Vanilla Strawberry across the front porch and the one, lone Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea on the other side of the driveway. Since this stuff is for acid-loving plants, I also put some in/around the pair of Rhododendrons by our back stoop. I also planted some new items (that I'