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Divide
Irises |
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After flowering you can split and divide
over crowded clumps of irises. Cut leaves
back to about 9 inches in length so as to
avoid the roots been loosened by the wind.
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Lift
Spring Bulbs |
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Move your spring bulbs to make room for
bedding plants. Place the bulbs in a temporary
plot and let them die back naturally. After
flowering , spring bulbs carry on growing
for up to 8 weeks. |
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Stake
& support tall plants |
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Any Tall growing plants such as Delphinium,
Lupin, poppies and Climbers need a frame
work or canes and string around then to
help prevent them been damaged by winds.
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This
month you can plant |
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Get planting
your summer bedding plants such as: busy
Lizzie, Tobacco plants, marigolds, pansies,
lobelia and stocks. An hour before planting
give the plants a good soaking of water
and the ground your to plant them in too.
If it's a sunny day then try and plant them
in the late afternoon or early evening.
Don't forget to water well again after planting.
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After
Flowering you can prune the following |
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After Flowering
you can prune the following: Forsythia,
Pieris, weigela, berberis, philadelphus
(mock orange). |
| Sweet
Peas |
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Add a mulch to the base of your sweet peas.
Remove the tendrils and pinch out side shoots.
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Fuchsias |
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Feed each week to encourage flowers and
healthy growth. |
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Keep
weeding |
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Keep weeding by hoeing or hand weeding with
a trowel.
Methods of controlling weeds... |
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Roses |
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Keep a close eye on your roses for insects
and disease. If there is any signs of your
roses being attacked then take action now
by treating them with a systemic insecticide
or fungicide. |
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Lupins
and Delphiniums |
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Dead head fading flower heads of Lupins
& delphiniums to encourage a second flush
of flowers in July or August.
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Other
jobs to do in your garden this month
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Dig up and divide Primulas-sow biennial
seeds, winter flowering pansies and turnips.
Trim alpine plants & take cuttings - prick
out alyssums & aubrietias - stop out-door
vines - plant leeks, cabbages, marrows &
celery, pick tomatoes & gooseberries
- Apple trees that have suffered from mildew
or scab need to be sprayed each fortnight.
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