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Gardening Jobs for May
01/05/2019
Mowing the lawn is now in full swing and ensuring that after cut treatment is done is essential. Treat moss patches – remembering to apply a sprinkling of topsoil and grass seed – to make sure that your lawn stays green all summer long. Plant out your bedding and keep on top of the borders which will have sprung to life.
- Mow lawn regularly and apply lawn feed
- Water newly planted trees, shrubs and hedging regularly
- Sow Foxgloves, Wallflowers and other biennials
- Take soft tip Fuchsia and Hydrangea cuttings
- Plant baskets and hang them in the greenhouse to develop
- Tie plants into supports
- Divide Primula and plant out summer bedding
- Clip Buxus, Bays and Yew Trees
- Plant out Dahlias and tender bedding at end of month
- Prune Spring flowering Clematis after flowering