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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

7 plants to feed this month – and the best fertilizer to use in May

A pollinator friendly backyard with trees, shrubs, and perennial flowers on a low stone wall.

Spring is a fantastic time of year to fertilize a plethora of plants. As the temperatures rise and trees, shrubs, and flowers start to grow again for the year, feed provides them with valuable nutrients to develop healthily and put on a great display that year.

Whether May is early spring or mid-spring will vary depending on your US hardiness zone. It can be early spring in zones 6 and below, whereas the temperatures will have warmed much earlier in zones 7 and above and the risk of frosts may have ended over a month ago.

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