Tips and Hints

February Tips & Hints

What wet weather we have had over January!  Let’s hope February temperatures start rising soon.  Come on sun, where are you?

1) Make new beds and borders
2) Order plug plants
3) Prune certain kinds of clematis
4) Brush any snow off conifers, large evergreens and hedges to avoid splaying or breaking
5) Renewal prune old shrubs, deciduous hedges and climbers
6) Plant lily-of-the-valley crowns
7) Plant shallots and Jerusalem artichokes
8) Continue planting soft fruit bushes, bare-rooted fruit trees and summer fruiting raspberry canes
9) Sow tuberous begonias, busy lizzies and sweet peas
10) Pot up stored dahlia tubers and lily bulbs
11) Chit potatoes

Happy Gardening!