Gardening Guide

What to do and when to do it!

 

What to do and when. Our gardening guide will help you to make the most of your garden throughout the year.

January


January is the coldest month with gales and rain and possibly snow,

  1. you can prepare top dressings for spring use, lay curves if the weather is right, complete rose planting, providing the soil is not to wet or sticky and the ground is frost and snow free.

  2. Support shrubs that have been battered by the heavy winds and firm the soil around the base.
  3. Prune back Wisteria, cut back summer side shoots to 2-3 buds, Ornamental grasses can be cut back a few centimeters off ground level, this will encourage new growth.

  4. Cut back old stems of perennials. Remove old Hellebore leaves. Prune Apple and Pear trees.

February

  1. Prune summer clematis before active growth begins.

  2. Cut back shrubs such as Cornus alba and salix down to their bases.

  3. Prune over wintered Fuchsias back to 1-2 buds on each shoot.

  4. Cut back winter flowering jasmine when it has finished flowering to encourage new growth for next year’s blooms.

  5. Prune winter flowering shrubs such as Mahonia and Viburnum x bodnantense after flowering.

  6. Cut back flowering Clematis such as freckles after blooming.

  7. Trim winter flowering Heathers as the flowers disappear this prevents the plant from becoming leggy.

  8. Remove any faded flower heads from winter pansies to stop them setting seed.

  9. Lift and divide snowdrops.

  10. Now is the time to move decidous trees and shrubs if needed providing the ground is not waterlogged or frozen?

  11. Plant lilies & Allium bulbs, bare root Roses in a sunny position for summer colour.

  12. Look out for hellebore leaf spot and remove leaves that are affected.
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