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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
November Flowers You still can plant lily and tulip bulbs this month. Also, plant out winter bedding. Cut down faded herbaceous perennials and add them to the compost heap. Mulch penstemons over the crowns in colder areas. Cut back and tidy up ornamental grasses and bamboos. Lift and divide overgrown clumps […]
