Below is a selection of tasks to be done over the forthcoming spring months. The garden diary is updated regularly so keep checking in to see what needs doing throughout the year.

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• Mulch bare soil in beds & borders
• Move evergreen shrubs
• Prune bush and shrub roses
• Prune shrubs with colourful winter stems
• Lift & divide overgrown clumps of perennials
• Plant summer-flowering bulbs.
• Reseed bare patches of lawn.
• Start mowing lawns regularly.

!! Last Chance

• Finish planting bare-root trees and shrubs and new fruit trees and bushes.

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at a glance…

• Continue watering newly planted trees and shrubs if the weather is dry.
• Plant evergreen trees & shrubs
• Trim grey-leaved shrubs to keep them bushy.
• Tie-in the new shoots of climbers
• Prune early flowering shrubs.
• Divide perennials.
• Stake tall-growing perennials.
• Keep weeding.
• Deadhead daffodils.
• Sow or turf new lawns.
• Feed established lawns.
• Start mowing lawns regularly.

!! Last Chance

• Cut-down any dead growth left over winter on perennials, especially grasses, before there is too much risk of damaging new shoots.
• Plant summer flowering bulbs.

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• at a glance…
• Water plants that need it regularily.
• Prune spring-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering.
• Lightly trim box and other formal hedging.
• Cut-back and divide spring flowering perennials.
• Clear out spring bedding plants and replace with summer bedding.
• Feed and weed lawns to encourage good growth, as well as mowing regularily.
• Inspect plants regularily for signs of pests and diseases.

!! Last Chance

• Sow or turf new lawns before it gets too dry.
• Finish planting evergreen shrubs.