Spring - The Secret Garden

March

Prepare seed beds by adding good compost and raking over until you get a fine tilth. Cover the bed with black plastic to help warm the soil up in anticipation of sowing seeds.
Sow seeds in trays in the house on a sunny window sill or in a green house.
Protect new shoots of bulbs, perennials and shrubs from slugs
Lay turf or use seed to repair patches in lawns.
Prune your Roses when the last frost has past. Remember to remove any dead or diseased stems as well as crossing stems. Give them, and your other flowering shrubs, a feed with “Toprose”.

Start mowing the lawn regularly and apply a lawn weed and feed.
Plant new roses, trees, shrubs and perennials. Do not forget to feed them with a general purpose fertiliser.
Prick out half-hardy annual seedlings or pot them up as necessary.
Plant summer flowering bulbs such as Lilies, Begonias and Dahlias.
Mothers’ Day is March 26th. Why not buy the one you love a spring – flowering Camellia or a basket of Violas from The Secret Garden.
Freshen up pots, window boxes and hanging baskets with spring bedding plants such as Daffodils, Primroses and Violas.

After the last frost, plant out half-hardy annuals in containers and outdoor beds
Take cuttings from new growth of shrubs and perennials
Cut back spring flowering bulbs after the foliage has faded to yellow / brown.
Plant shrubs such as lilacs or Hydrangeas.
Clean the Patio or decking ready for summer
Check for nesting birds before pruning hedge