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
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Tips for July 2019
June 26, 2019 9:20 am Comments Off on Tips for July 2019Summer prune Wisteria cutting back long whippy shoots to five or six buds from main stem. Lift spring planted garlic... View Article
Tips for June 19
June 3, 2019 7:39 am Comments Off on Tips for June 19Remove spent flowers from camellias and rhododendrons. Avoid damage to brittle leaf buds. They appear just behind the blooms. Start... View Article
Tips for May 2019
April 28, 2019 1:58 pm Comments Off on Tips for May 2019Harvest rhubarb stalks reach 9-12″. Pull (do not cut) stalks. Lift and divide overcrowded daffodil clumps. Separate offsets from parent... View Article
Tips for April 2019
March 28, 2019 12:47 pm Comments Off on Tips for April 2019Trim Lavender. Take out old flower stems and shorten shoots by 2.5cm if not done last Autumn. Plant summer flowering... View Article
Tips for March 19
February 28, 2019 3:29 pm Comments Off on Tips for March 19Complete rose pruning this month. Feed plants afterwards with a general purpose or proprietary rose feed, mulch with garden compost... View Article
Tips for February 2019
January 30, 2019 10:00 am Comments Off on Tips for February 2019Prune autumn fruiting raspberry canes. Cut the canes down to ground level. Cut back late summer and autumn flowering clematis... View Article
Tips for January 2019
January 2, 2019 4:43 pm Comments Off on Tips for January 2019You can winter prune Wisteria this month or next. Shorten shoots that were pruned last summer to two or three... View Article
Tips for December 2018
December 3, 2018 10:36 am Comments Off on Tips for December 2018Tidy and dead head winter bedding containers regularly. Purchase seed potatoes at the end of this month. It may seem... View Article
Tips for November 2018
October 17, 2018 8:32 am Comments Off on Tips for November 2018Plant tulip bulbs. Plant new rhubarb crowns. Space them 39″ apart. Lift and split established plants. Only use outer edge... View Article