March in the garden
As the weather starts to warm up, you should start to see your garden come alive with activity.
Below is a summary of our top gardening jobs this month. Scroll down if you want any more information on any of these jobs.
In the Vegetable Plot
- Plant Potatoes
- Start growing from seed
In the Flower Bed
- Protect shoots from slugs
- Put in plant supports
- Prune, Prune, Prune!
- Get weeding
- Plant spring-flowering plants
- Feed Camelias
Around the Garden
- Rake grass
Prune Prune Prune!
- Roses – to encourage new growth.
- Clematis – early flowering varieties once they’ve finished flowering and summer flowering varieties before they start active growth.
- Overwintered fuchsias – prune back to one or two buds on each shoot.
- Winter-flowering Jasmine – cut back the previous year’s growth to 5cm from the old growth to encourage new growth for next year’s flowers.
- Winter-flowering Heather – trim as the flowers go over to prevent the getting leggy.
- Also deadhead Daffodils, Hydrangeas and Winter Pansies.
Give Cornus and Salix a hard prune (back to the base) to keep them at a manageable size and promote better growth of vigorous new shoots and foliage for the coming season.
