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Autumn and Winter: Essential Preparation Time for Growing Summer Fruits Autumn and winter are crucial seasons to prepare for a bountiful harvest of fruits like apples, pears, and nectarines, as well as other fruits,...
As we get into autumn now is the time to plant some spring bulbs Iris reticulata’Early season flowering bulb planted in the ground or in pots with John Inness compost Crocus bulbsEarly season flowering...
Lots of common garden shrubs can be regenerated by a hard prune back into bare stems.Once the plants are pruned back into bare stems the additional sunlight activates dormant buds in the stems.After pruning...
As a general rule hydrangeas flower at the end of growth produced in the same season although Mophead and lacecap hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) flower on the previous years’ growth. In the autumn it is...
Feeding your roses With your roses it look as though the flowers have been effected by the lack of potash. So a feed with liquid tomato feed will help. Then in a few weeks...
Pricking out plant seedlings.Once the seeds you have sown have germinated and have grown to a size you can handle they will need to be transferred into individual pots or containers. This is called...
As your tulips finish flowering – now they have died back all the energy will have returned to the bulbs and formed next years flower so they can now be cut back. If they...
The lawn area – now the grass under the sheeting is dead we need to dig over the area. To dig an area such as yours remove the sheeting dig a trench across the...
Seeds in Seed Trays Before sowing any seeds into the trays, give the trays a good wash, if they have been used before. There is no sense in transferring last season’s diseases over to...
Creating an annual border is one of the most rewarding projects in gardening, within a few short months you can create a blaze of colour in your garden. Its quite a lot of work...
What kind of plants will grow in your spaces If you’re not sure, send the GardenAdvice team a photo of the area and we can suggest some plants. Plants require different growing conditions so...