GARDENING TIPS
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GARDENING TIPS
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If you have never dared to plant up your own hanging baskets and planters, now is a great time to try, as the winter ones are simpler to do than the summer ones!
If you want to give yourself something to look forward to in the spring, add in a handful of dwarf daffodils or other low-growing bulbs under the planting! At this time of year we are lightly trimming most of the plants we use to encourage them to bush out, for more flowers and better displays, as we do with our summer baskets. If you leave doing your baskets till later in the season you are likely to need more plants as they will not grow much in the colder weather. For healthy plants and helpful advice head to Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh.
Open 10am-4pm Weds-Sun. www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk Order pre-planted hanging baskets for home delivery or collection at Bridge Farm Plants through supplier nursery Katie’s Garden Plant Centre
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July is the month for pruning SHRUBS Early-summer flowering shrubs are due their annual prunes about now. Treat Deutzia, Philadelphus and Wiegela the same way: cut out the old flowering shoots (they will look quite ragged with side shoots) and leave the straight shoots: these are the ones that will bloom next year. If it has been a good flowering year you might want to leave some of the old shoots for bulk! PERENNIALS Sometimes it pays to be ruthless – if you cannot see any more buds on your Lupins, chop them back to the base now – leaves, stems and all – and you should be rewarded with extra flowers later on, as well as attractive fresh foliage. Other perennials which will benefit from the ‘Hampton Hack’ (as opposed to the ‘Chelsea Chop’) are Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder) and the soft herbaceous Salvias, such as Caradonna, East Friesland and May Night – the likes of Salvia Hot Lips are treated differently. If you cannot see any more buds or flowers, other perennials that should be cut back to just above ground level include Delphiniums, Geraniums, Geums, Leucanthemums, Tanacetums and Veronicas, amongst others.
For healthy plants and helpful advice head to Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh.
Open 10am-4pm Weds-Sun. www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk
FRUIT BUSHES The clock is ticking to give fruit bushes their annual prune. Many of the principles are the same as rose pruning: cut out dead, dying, diseased and weak stems to base. The aim is to have an uncluttered centre so other stems might need thinning out too. Gooseberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants usually crop best on stems that are two or three years old, so anything older can be removed. Autumn fruiting raspberries couldn’t be easier: just cut down everything to the ground. Summer raspberries are best cut after fruiting. For healthy plants and helpful advice head to Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh.
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