What a strange spring this has been as everything has grown so tall ….but then some things especially vegetables have hardly grown at all and are struggling as there has been little warmth.
Anyway we soldier on….
1. Divide spring flowering bulbs as soon as foliage fades. My own stock has diminished and badly need splitting.
2. Prune ornamental cherries when flowering has finished making as few cuts as possible as they have difficulty healing.
3. Tie in shoots on sweetpeas which are finally growing and revelling in the cool conditions.
4. Cut early flowering hardy geraniums to the ground when they finish as they have a tendency to seed everywhere…unless you want them to of course.
5. Look out for and cut out reverted shoots on variegated shrubs like euonymous before they take over the plant.
6. Cut oriental poppies hard back for a fresh flush of foliage.
7. Tie in clematis shoots before they snap or break in the wind and feed with a liquid high potash food on a regular basis.
8. Plant out french and runner beans and tie to their supports.
9. Stake your tomato plants and attach to their supports and look to remove side shoots on cordon grown plants.
10. It’s been quite dry of late so don’t forget water for the nesting birds and fledglings.
Happy gardening!
Pat K
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