Gardening This Weekend: February 19, 2026

Here are the 12-15 most critical tasks for your landscape and garden this weekend.

PLANT
• Last chance to dig and relocate established trees and shrubs before their new growth begins in spring.
• Dig and divide summer- and fall-blooming perennials while they are still dormant. Rework their soil in the process.
• Vegetables to plant in a big swath of South Central, Central, and North Central Texas: Irish potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts. Very soon in far North Texas.

PRUNE
• Newly transplanted trees and shrubs to compensate for roots lost in their digging.
• Shrubs and trees as needed to remove winter-killed branches and foliage as soon as you can determine that they won’t be budding out again.
• Spring-flowering shrubs as needed to reshape as soon as they complete their bloom cycles.

FERTILIZE
• Rye and fescue turf with all-nitrogen food for biggest flush of spring growth. Wait to fertilize warm-season grasses.
• Side-band rows of vegetable crops with high-nitrogen fertilizer to promote vigorous growth.
• Liquid root-stimulator fertilizer should be applied monthly to newly planted trees, shrubs.

ON THE LOOKOUT
• Non-grassy weeds (clover, dandelions, chickweed, henbit, etc.) with broadleafed weedkiller spray. Read and follow label directions carefully and let a Texas Certified Nursery Professional guide you.
• Snails, slugs, and pillbugs with Sevin dust or bait. Apply dust over the plants and baits to the ground. You’ll have to reapply after each rain or irrigation.
• Aphids congregating on tender new foliage and flowerbuds. Wash off with brisk stream of water or apply general-purpose organic or inorganic insecticide.