We are only days away from entering the spring season (it officially starts March 20^th). For Las Vegas, our spring season is even looking to match up with the rest of the country’s schedule! We have had rain, AND snow, consistently over the last few months. With all that previous rain and the sunny days showing up now, you might see that some parts of your landscape, if not all, are already starting to grow again.

Spring is the time of year when your lawn, your trees, your shrubs, your roses – almost everything in your landscape comes back to life. This is also the best time to start prepping your yard.

Prepping, cleaning, and feeding your landscape now lets you take control of the growth before it gets out of hand and makes yard maintenance so much easier in the summer months when it’s too hot to be outside doing anything, let alone yard work!

We have put together an overview of landscape tips we recommend for spring in Las Vegas. For more detailed information, check out our monthly landscape tips on our blog, like our tips for March.

Everything Grows in Spring

Unless it is already happening in your yard, you will soon see lots of activity with new growth from your shrubs, the flowers blooming, butterflies and hummingbirds visiting, and the grass (and weeds) growing overnight.

Spring is the busiest time of the year for yard maintenance, and we want to make sure we help you out, so you have the healthiest and best-looking yard all spring.

Landscape To-Do List

April

In April, you will probably continue to see weeds pop up in your yard and in your lawn. We recommend pulling them as soon as you see them, so they have less time to drop their seeds. Once you clear out the weeds in your yard, it is good to get into a routine of using pre-emergent herbicides to lessen weed growth.

Now that the sun is out longer we can start to trim our trees and shrubs, especially if any of them have been damaged by frost this past winter. Once trimmed, fertilize the trees and shrubs.

Spring is an excellent time to plant any desert landscaping materials, new citrus trees, shrubs, and ground cover.

May

By May, our average temperature should be in the mid-90s. This is an important month to make sure your watering schedule is set up correctly. The rise in temperature will quickly let you know which plants need more water. Stay on top of this because the next few months only get hotter and can cause some severe damage if your landscape is not watered properly. Water slowly and water deep!

Continue to look for weeds and pull them out as soon as possible. By now, weed growth should be slowing down and not be such a nuisance to homeowners.

June

June is the first month of the year where the hot sun can start doing some real damage to your landscape. Continue to check your plants and trees to see if their water intake needs to be adjusted.

If you have young, newly planted trees, you might need to protect the trunk from sunburn. Reach out to one of our nursery professionals to discuss how you can add extra protection to your trees.

Adding mulch around plants that are sensitive to heat will help keep moisture around the roots and keep it cooler throughout the day.

Lawn To-Do List

April

If you seeded your lawn with Rye grass for the winter, this is the time of year to transition back to your Bermuda grass, if it has not happened already.

Cut your lawn short to assist in the transition. Re-adjust your sprinklers or watering system as the temperatures increase throughout the month.

May

Your Bermuda grass should be back and ready for fertilizing! We recommend fertilizing before it gets too warm.

Your watering schedule will need to increase by this month. Once we hit triple digits your lawn might even need daily watering, preferably early in the morning or soon after the sun sets.

June

Be sure to monitor your lawn and increase its water intake as needed. The temperatures will be over 100 degrees daily, so your lawn will need more water. Every yard is different, so you will have to find out what works best for you to have the healthiest lawn!

Shrub Ideas for Spring Planting

Below are some suggestions from our landscape designers that are great for spring planting and popular for Nevada landscapes. We even have an awesome offer on all our pottery, so you can plant your new shrubs in your new landscape décor!

Sticks on Fire

Bring the awe-inspiring look of sea coral to a dry landscape! Sticks on Fire have an interesting and unique coral structure that gets better looking in stressful situations! They can explode with color from winter to summer - bright fiery red/orange and green colors go back to a lighter green hue. We like to use them in rock gardens and as a beautiful addition to beds and borders.

Rosemary

This evergreen shrub has become more and more popular in the southwest because of how durable it is and how many different forms it comes in. Depending on your landscape needs, you can add upright, groundcover, or trailing rosemary into your design. It can produce flowers that grow blue, white, pink, and purple that have a defined aroma.

Variegated Flax Lily

The Variegated Flax Lily is an evergreen shrub with a look of its own! The Flax Lily has light green leaves with white on the edges. The leaves grow long and thin. Many customers describe its leaves as shaped like sword blades. Blue flowers emerge in early summer for some added color to your yard. This easy-to-maintain shrub is often used in mass planting or to add a different look in your design.

Star Jasmin

This cold-hardy shrub will bring dark green foliage and fragrant white flowers to your yard. Star Jasmin is a fast-growing plant that looks amazing when used as a vine wrapped around a trellis, especially in the spring when the flowers appear bright white! We love to use these when we want to cover up bare walls or sections in a landscape.

Moon Valley Nurseries Tree Care

Moon Valley Nurseries is proud of all our trees we grow for our customers, and we don’t stop after we sell them. We have our own skilled tree care team that can trim, fertilize, stump grind, or remove your trees. Click here to get more information and reach out to us with questions or to schedule a consultation.