Tips for May 2020
April 27, 2020 7:27 am Comments Off on Tips for May 2020Continue to earth up potatoes until June. Lift and divide overcrowded daffodil clumps. Gently separate offsets from parent plants and... View Article
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Tips for April 2020
April 2, 2020 11:05 am Comments Off on Tips for April 2020If you did not prune your Lavender last autumn. do so now, using secateurs or shears to remove spent flower... View Article
Tips for March 2020
March 2, 2020 11:42 am Comments Off on Tips for March 2020Complete rose pruning this month, feeding afterwards with a proprietary rose fertiliser and mulching with garden compost or manure. Plant... View Article
Tips for February 2020
January 27, 2020 9:59 am Comments Off on Tips for February 2020Cut back late summer and autumn flowering Clematis (Group 3) 12″ from ground level. Prune autumn fruiting raspberries cutting all... View Article
Tips for Jan 2020
January 1, 2020 11:01 am Comments Off on Tips for Jan 2020You can winter-prune Wisteria this month or next, shorten shoots that were pruned last summer to two or three buds... View Article
Tips for Dec 19
December 2, 2019 9:44 am Comments Off on Tips for Dec 19Prune Acer and Betula before mid-December to avoid bleeding from cuts. Purchase seed potatoes at the end of this month.... View Article
Tips for Nov 19
October 30, 2019 9:41 am Comments Off on Tips for Nov 19Prune Acers now rather than in late spring to avoid the risk of bleeding sap. Plant tulips for spring flowering.... View Article
Tips for October 19
September 28, 2019 8:12 am Comments Off on Tips for October 19Apply Autumn lawn feed as soon as possible. Apply barrier glue or grease bands to apple and pear trees to... View Article
Tips for September 19
August 27, 2019 8:01 pm Comments Off on Tips for September 19Plant spring flowering bulbs such as Crocus, Daffodils, Hyacinths and Muscari by the end of the month. Plant Tulips in... View Article
Tips for August 19
July 29, 2019 1:10 pm Comments Off on Tips for August 19Prune Wisteria, Remove all whippy shoots cutting back to 5 or 6 buds from the main stems. Keep protective measures... View Article