General jobs for amazing April!
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General jobs for amazing April!

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General jobs for amazing April!

  • Spring; Is the best time to clear out ponds
  • Trim and re shape box balls in late Spring and summer. After trimming, feed with a fertiliser until mid summer.
  • Give peonies a layer of farmyard manure
  • Prune winter flowering jasmine
  • Sow hardy annuals outdoors where they are going to grow
  • Prune back dogwoods hard
  • Divide perennials (delphiniums)
  • Start to plant up borders

  • Feed and mulch roses
  • Lift off the tops of rhubarb forcing jars now
  • Feed outdoor plants to stimulate growth
  • Support and tie climbers
  • Buy summer bedding as plugs to grow on
  • Mow once a week in Spring
  • Deal with winter damage (Plants that are susceptible, include; hardy Caryopteris, Ceanothus, Phygelius and Cytisus. Cut these to the next set of healthy leaves.
  • Spring; feed roses. Remove old flowers off Pampas grass, remove dead foliage and trim back damaged leaf tips.