Select Caladiums for planting while supplies are good.  Keep tubers warm and dry until ready to plant. Tubers should not be planted until soil temperatures reach 75 degrees.        

It had been our custom to plant summer flowering annuals such as Vinca, Copper Plants, Zinnias, etc.  for sun areas and impatiens, begonias, and caladiums for shade.  We have been moving away from this practice for the last several years.  We now recommend planting with perennials.  We also are recommending plants that have variegation. We like flowers...it is simply that flowering can be unpredictable.  We have found that variegated plants can provide continuous color for much longer periods.  Variegated ginger, Tropicana Canna Lilies, and variegated privets, are just a few of the many interesting landscape accent plants that will provide color all season long.  We have also been moving into planting bromeliads and succulents.  These drought resistant plants are wonderful additions to landscapes, provide much variation in texture, structure, and color, and many varieties are able to withstand both heat and cold, making them excellent additions to the garden year round.  

Move houseplants outdoors, but keep an eye out for dropping temperatures.  Easter 2007 was a perfect example of Austin's rather fickle seasonal weather.  We had weeks of spring-like temperatures starting in February, only to have it drop to 20°F on Easter. 

Apply mulch to azaleas, roses; freshen mulch in beds and tree rings.  Don't limit yourself to the traditional wood mulch.  Mulching with gravel, particularly many of the new colors of gravel that are available, can make a beautiful and striking addition to your landscape.

Divide and transplant over-crowded day lilies, cannas, and liriope.  

There is still time to plant trees and shrubs, but selection will decrease rapidly.  The boom in housing also created a boom in landscaping.  Competition for plants has been fierce in recent years.  If you see something you like, you should go ahead and buy it.  Chances are it will not be available if you wait.

Prune spring flowering shrubs such as azaleas and Indian Hawthorne after they have bloomed.  Also feed Azaleas.

Keep an eye out for Fire Blight.  Prune out infected wood in such plants as Indian Hawthorne,  pyracantha, and loquat.  Clean your pruners properly to prevent spreading this disease.