Gardening tips for February/March

[Gardenman]

It’s been a long time , but I’m back to bore you or interest you, get you out in the Spring sunshine & look after your garden. So hang on & smell the Roses

1. Prune your Wisteria . Cut back the whips smaller branches to 3 or 4 buds from the main stems

Sometimes we need to maintain the structure, but prune it , removing sections of older stems or cutting back to a skeleton frame . Train it along walls , pergolas or arches

Give all plants a good potassium feed

2. Prune Hardy evergreen hedges before the birds get nesting. Renovate overgrown deciduous hedges by cutting back & clearing all that rubbish that has built up to let the air circulate

3. Cut back deciduous ornamental grasses & tidy up your evergreen ones with a pair of scissors

4. Roses . Cut back hard your shrub & bush Roses to just above a bud , cutting to an angle. Don’t worry if there are a few shoots , they will grow back very quickly. Prune your climbing Roses & Standard Roses less than the others. Give them a good feed of manure & watch them give you a good display of colour

5. Given the weather, you may want to give your lawn a light trim , airing & feed . A bit early but worth the advice

5. Dig over your borders & get rid of your weeds early in the season

6. Nice time to plant up new plants , trees & shrubs. Dig a hole one third bigger than the roots , feed with manure & plant up

Still awake. Well done

If you don’t want to do these tasks or are too busy then ask your East Dulwich gardeners to do it for you . Use only the recommended ones ok

My Son Oli is working hard away on bigger projects, like patios , decks stairs even . Victorian tiled paths , but I am available for the smaller ones now ; laying turf , making borders , putting up fences , buying plants & planting them cutting hedges or planting new ones

Let me know soon , or I will be running my retreats out in beautiful Kefalonia soon 😊

Whatever you do, have fun in your gardens & enjoy the sunshine & your connection to nature

Nigel

Exterior Design Gardens

07759 862191

Or Oli on

07549 418219

[Gardenman]

A reminder to plant up now , especially your hedges & a good time to get your fences repaired