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

    July   Flowers   It’s a really good time to plant autumn-flowering bulbs such as crocuses, Colchicum, Sternbergia, Amaryllis and Nerine. Cutting back delphiniums and geraniums after the first flush of flowers will encourage a second flowering period. Do not forget to feed them after pruning. Deadhead flower borders regularly and divide clumps […]

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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

  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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Monthly garden maintenance

January   Flowers   January is a good time to sow seeds of Begonia, Lobelia, Salvia and Pelargonium in a heated greenhouse or propagator to provide early plants. Sweet peas also can be sown this month. You have the last chance to sow seeds that need frost in order to germinate, such as native tree and […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

December   Flowers    December is a good time to saw Alpines from seed. To protect them from extra wet you can put a sheet of glass over the sown area. Alternatively, You can put the seeds in the fridge, for sowing next spring. Faded herbaceous perennials can be cut back and added to the […]

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Monthly garden maintenance

    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 […]

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