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Turf you can lay turf from now on, as long as the ground isn't too wet or frozen, you should work from planks to avoid compacting the soil ..... |
Cold
Weather
if you are purchasing pots and containers make sure they are frost resistant, otherwise frost in the coming weeks could fracture them |
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Lilies if you haven't already done so this is time to plant up your lily bulbs in pots for summer flowering keep indoors until there is no risk of frost ..... |
Plant
Tomatoes
you can start sowing your tomatoes now on a heated propagator or on a sunny window sill ready for later growing in the greenhouse |
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Small Seeds some seeds are very small even dust like difficult to sow evenly, an easy tip mix the seed with a carrier fine sand and sprinkle over the surface ..... |
Prune
Your Roses
start pruning your roses now, concentrate on removing dead, dying, diseased growth, and over crowded stems, open the centre to allow air flow |
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Snowdrops divide and plant snowdrop bulbs in the green as soon as possible because they dont like to be out of the ground too long, if not keep dry to stop rotting ..... |
Hardwood
Cuttings
this is the last month you can successfully take hardwood cuttings of cornus, salix, forsythia eleagnus, roses, try later but they may not root |
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Cacti re-pot using a cactus compost, but be careful of sharp needles cacti need little water no food until the end of march,treat as normal pot plant ..... |
Gladioli
for an early display put the corms into seed trays or boxes and place in alight warm shelf, to encourage sprouting before planting out |
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Outdoor Furniture you may find your garden furniture is looking a bit tatty after the winter, choose a dry day and remove loose paint then give it a lick of paint ..... |
Weeding
this is a good time to do a weeding blitz, in a few weeks it will be time for feeding and mulching and is important to have clean soil before you do that |
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Digging if you want to put in a new bed or border, do it now but avoid muddy or frozen soil, dig deep and incorporate plenty of well rotted farmyard manure ..... |
Early
Potatoes
if you have a spare patch in the greenhouse plant some early potatoes now they will crop 1 month earlier that planting outside |
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Our Favourite Perennials 1 plant now, low growing, agastache "golden jubilee" antirrhinum "braun blanquetii", lewisia cotyledon "snowstorm", gaillardia "dazzler" ..... |
Our
Favourite Perennials 2
plant now, medium growing, rudbeckia "green wizard", oenotheras "sunset boulevard", salvia "forsskaolii", penstomen "lilac frost" |
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Our Favourite Perennials 3 plant now, tall growing, dahlia "coccinea palmeri" verbascum"cottage garden mix",verbena "bonariensis" hollyhock "choice mix" ..... |
Begonia
Tubers
plant begonia tubers gloxinia & achimenes this month, plant begonia & gloxinias hollow side up achimenes on their side in multi purpose comp |
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Why Do We Prune pruning helps keep your plant at it's desired size it helps maintain it's shape and habit, it rejuvenates old plants, giving stronger stems and foliage ..... |
Hardy
Annuals
sow hardy annual seeds into pots of seed and cutting compost this will get them off to an early start, plug plants will be in garden centres in march |
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Summer Bulbs plant summer bulbs now for flowering this year plant in borders, grass and containers buy from your local garden centre ..... |
Encourage
Frogs & Toads
put a pond in your garden even just a small wildlife pond and hey presto in a matter of days aquatic life will appear like magic, they eat slugs |
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