Monthly garden maintenance

  October   Flowers   Prepare ground and pots for October flowers planting. It is a good time to plant Wallflowers, Forget-me-not, Bellis, Primula, Viola (including winter pansies) and other spring bedding plants. Sow hardy annuals outside in mild areas for a next year display and continue to plant spring- flowering bulbs. If the soil […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

    September   Flowers   September is a good time of year to plant new perennials and hardy annuals. Your hanging baskets also need some maintenance. Deadheading, watering and feeding can keep them going until mid-autumn. Continue delphiniums, roses and penstemons deadheading. Cutt back perennials that are fading and dying down. Divide clumps of […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

  August   Flowers   Primarily cut dieded back foliage and stems of herbaceous plants. Sow hardy annuals into borders at the end of August in order to flower next summer. Also, do not forget to deadhead, water and feed hanging baskets. If you want to extend the colour of plants such as Dahlia, roses and […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

  June   Flowers It’s time to plant out summer bedding and seed- raised plants. Keep them moist during dry weather. Prepare cannas and dahlias for planting this month. Fill in the gaps of herbaceous borders (except anemones)  with annual bedding.  June is the best time to plant rhizomes after an overnight soaking, 5cm deep […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

May   Flowers   May is a good time to plant out cannas and dahlias. Tubs can be planted up with summer bedding in milder areas. Be sure that all risk of frost has passed. Wallflowers, pansies, and daisies, Bellis perennis and winter bedding plants need to be sown between now and July in order […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

April   Flowers   April – a great time to plant summer flowering bulbs. Introduce some colour to your garden with alliums and agapanthus or lighten your garden with Lilium ‘Arena’. You can still plant herbaceous perennials such as Geranium, Astrantia and Oriental poppies. Please remember that Anemone coronaria tubers need well-drained soils. Propagate perennials […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

  March     Flowers   Early spring is an ideal time to plant herbaceous perennials, such as Geranium, Astrantia and summer-flowering bulbs. Anemone coronaria tubers need particularly well-drained soils. Cut back ornamental grasses and other perennials to encourage new growth. Cut off old leaves of hellebores to expose new blossoms and remove possible foliar […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

  February    Flowers   Place Dahlia tubers in a light, warm place to sprout. They should be misted with a spray – a bottle of water in order to avoid them drying out in February. Lily bulbs can be planted in pots for flowers this summer. Move them onto the patio when in flower […]

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