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Divide
Perennials & re-plant |
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March is a good time to divide and re-plant
your perennials like hardy geraniums, Crocosmia
(montbretia) hostas, solidago (Golden rod)
Astilbe & peonies. Snow drops can be divided
too. |
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Dahlia
Cuttings |
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Start taking cuttings of dahlia and outdoor
Chrysanthemums this month. |
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Pruning
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Prune back large flowered clematis, roses
& early flowering shrubs. |
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The
Pond |
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Check your pond for debris, such as dead
fallen leaves and clear them out. Take
out over crowded water lilies, split, divide
& re-pot. |
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Move
your shrub, tree or perennial plants |
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If you have a small shrub or tree and wish
it was somewhere else in the garden, then
move it. Try and keep as much soil intact
with the roots when digging it out. Place
it on a plastic sheet which makes it easy
to drag it to its new position. Put some
well rotted compost into the new planting
hole before you place the shrub or tree
in.
How to plant a tree...
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Slugs
& snails |
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Slugs & snails
will be slipping
out at night as the temperature rises,
nibbling at them nice new plant shoots. So
keep your eye out for them. Get some slug
pellets down as soon as new shoots appear,
especially hostas.
Click here for other methods on how to deter
on slug & snail control |
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Keep
Planting |
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Plant early flowering shrubs, Gladiolus
bulbs, potatoes, onion sets. If your planting
perennial plants don't spread then out here
and there, plant them into groups for a
more effective display.
Buy plants & bulbs online here...
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Tidy your borders & feed |
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If you haven't already done so, then clear
away any debris from the borders, turn
the soil (avoiding new spring flowering
bulbs) and add some compost or fertiliser. |
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Roses |
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Sometime this month spray & feed your roses
to help then get off to a good start & to
prevent pests. |
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