Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Under: To Dos
- Prune shrub roses, clematis, apple & pear trees before end of April.
- Wisteria can be pruned back during January & March (and again during July & August).
- Buddleia should be cut back to almost ground level during February or March to encourage new flowering growth.
- Autumn fruiting raspberries should be cut back to almost ground level February or March; summer fruiting types should be left.
- For the flower garden, hardy annuals can be sown indoors and planted out when large enough and conditions favourable.
- Snowdrops and winter aconites should be planted or moved whilst still growing (in the green).
- Paperwhite narcissus and amaryllis can be planted now.
- Sweet peas can be planted indoors now.
- For those desperate to grow their veg, seed potatoes can be obtained and kept in a frost free place until conditions are favourable (and the ground warmer) for planting.
- Broad beans, beetroot, onions, shallots, cabbage, cauliflower and leeks can all be started indoors ready for planting outdoors in due course.
- Carrots and parsnips can too, but fare much better when direct sown outside and do not transplant well, since they produce numerous twisted roots.
- Rhubarb is probably showing signs of life and for an early harvest can be covered with a bucket to keep the light out for sweeter stems.
- If feeding with manure or compost avoid burying the plant’s crown to avoid it rotting.
- To lessen chances of bare lawn patches in summer, avoid walking on the frozen grass.
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