Tag: frogs

Pat’s 10 Jobs for February…

1. Prune Group 3 clematis (late flowering viticella types) now by cutting all stems back just above a leaf node starting from the ground up. Don’t be timid as they respond well. Then feed around the plant base with an organic feed making sure to avoid emerging shoots and mulch with compost.

Clematis viticella Romantica (Group 3) in bloom
Clematis viticella Romantica (Group 3) in bloom
Clematis Comtesse de Bouchard (Group 3) in bloom
Clematis Comtesse de Bouchard (Group 3) in bloom

2. If you have some, mulch your beds with homemade compost or leafmould. If you don’t have enough just mulch around your favourite plants.

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Members’ gardens, May 2021

Hosta heaven and lots of spring colour in Vija’s garden. For slug control, she recommends the Gardeners World recipe for garlic spray (see Here we go gathering slugs in May).

Here is Annie’s colourful Spring garden view.

This is a little frog in Annie’s garden – she raised frogs from tadpoles in a bucket in 2019, so this might be a returning one!