Get organised
Knowing what grows well in the your garden and when is really important. With 12 months a year and lots of fruit and veg on offer, remembering what, when and where can be tricky. That's why we've put together this seasonal calendar. You can check what you could be growing this month, and what you should be planning later in the year.
February
Vegetable Garden
It’s time to start planting your broad beans, early carrots and parsnips (under cloches). Shallots can also be planted out. If you’ve got a propagator (heated growing box) you can plant summer cabbage, leeks and onions. Early potatoes – Buy seed potatoes of early varieties and place in trays with their...
It’s time to start planting your broad beans, early carrots and parsnips (under cloches). Shallots can also be planted out. If you’ve got a propagator (heated growing box) you can plant summer cabbage, leeks and onions. Early potatoes – Buy seed potatoes of early varieties and place in trays with their...
Bedding Plants
Cut the dead flower heads off any faded flowers in your beds to keep them tidy and encourage more colourful blooms in the spring. Tough plants like Lobelia, Pansy, Antirrhinum, Petunia and Impatiens can be planted in glass growing boxes this month (these should be inside to protect from the cold...
Cut the dead flower heads off any faded flowers in your beds to keep them tidy and encourage more colourful blooms in the spring. Tough plants like Lobelia, Pansy, Antirrhinum, Petunia and Impatiens can be planted in glass growing boxes this month (these should be inside to protect from the cold...
Bulbs
Cut the dead flower heads off faded Daffodils. Divide bulbs like Snowdrops and plant.
Cut the dead flower heads off faded Daffodils. Divide bulbs like Snowdrops and plant.
Climbing Plants
Give summer-flowering plants like Clematis a good cutting back – it will help new growth during the spring.
Give summer-flowering plants like Clematis a good cutting back – it will help new growth during the spring.
Containers
Give potted plants an instant boost of nutrients by replacing the top layer of soil with fresh compost.
Give potted plants an instant boost of nutrients by replacing the top layer of soil with fresh compost.
Fruit
Prune your fruiting raspberries now, cutting all stems back to ground level. While they're still dormant, prune large apple and pear trees removing dead and dying branches. Plant new fruit bushes for the coming year. For ideas and a great range, pop to your local Homebase.
Prune your fruiting raspberries now, cutting all stems back to ground level. While they're still dormant, prune large apple and pear trees removing dead and dying branches. Plant new fruit bushes for the coming year. For ideas and a great range, pop to your local Homebase.
Greenhouse
Give your greenhouse a good clean to make it nice and light and kill off any pests.
Give your greenhouse a good clean to make it nice and light and kill off any pests.
Houseplants
Spruce up your home with some winter houseplants such as Azalea, Cyclamen, Cymbidium or Hyacinths.
Spruce up your home with some winter houseplants such as Azalea, Cyclamen, Cymbidium or Hyacinths.
Lawn
Repair and re-shape lawn edges. When the weather is better you can lay new turf.
Repair and re-shape lawn edges. When the weather is better you can lay new turf.
Perennials (winter surviving plants)
If the weather is mild enough, lift and divide your perennial plants to promote healthy and fast growth.
If the weather is mild enough, lift and divide your perennial plants to promote healthy and fast growth.
Shrubs
Now is the time to dig up and reposition any garden shrubs. You can also cut back (prune) winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering.
Now is the time to dig up and reposition any garden shrubs. You can also cut back (prune) winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering.
Trees
Try planting Salix Kilmarnock – a beautiful small weeping tree, ideal for little gardens. Available at Homebase between December to March.
Try planting Salix Kilmarnock – a beautiful small weeping tree, ideal for little gardens. Available at Homebase between December to March.
Vegetables
Start picking your winter veg like kale, brussel sprouts and cabbages. Start planting beetroot seeds (but make sure you protect them from frosts). You can also plant your first crops of early carrots and broad beans under cloches.
Start picking your winter veg like kale, brussel sprouts and cabbages. Start planting beetroot seeds (but make sure you protect them from frosts). You can also plant your first crops of early carrots and broad beans under cloches.
Vegetable Garden
It’s time to start planting your broad beans, early carrots and parsnips (under cloches). Shallots can also be planted out. If you’ve got a propagator (heated growing box) you can plant summer cabbage, leeks and onions. Early potatoes – Buy seed potatoes of early varieties and place in trays with their...
It’s time to start planting your broad beans, early carrots and parsnips (under cloches). Shallots can also be planted out. If you’ve got a propagator (heated growing box) you can plant summer cabbage, leeks and onions. Early potatoes – Buy seed potatoes of early varieties and place in trays with their...
Bedding Plants
Cut the dead flower heads off any faded flowers in your beds to keep them tidy and encourage more colourful blooms in the spring. Tough plants like Lobelia, Pansy, Antirrhinum, Petunia and Impatiens can be planted in glass growing boxes this month (these should be inside to protect from the cold...
Cut the dead flower heads off any faded flowers in your beds to keep them tidy and encourage more colourful blooms in the spring. Tough plants like Lobelia, Pansy, Antirrhinum, Petunia and Impatiens can be planted in glass growing boxes this month (these should be inside to protect from the cold...
Bulbs
Cut the dead flower heads off faded Daffodils. Divide bulbs like Snowdrops and plant.
Cut the dead flower heads off faded Daffodils. Divide bulbs like Snowdrops and plant.
Climbing Plants
Give summer-flowering plants like Clematis a good cutting back – it will help new growth during the spring.
Give summer-flowering plants like Clematis a good cutting back – it will help new growth during the spring.
Containers
Give potted plants an instant boost of nutrients by replacing the top layer of soil with fresh compost.
Give potted plants an instant boost of nutrients by replacing the top layer of soil with fresh compost.
Fruit
Prune your fruiting raspberries now, cutting all stems back to ground level. While they're still dormant, prune large apple and pear trees removing dead and dying branches. Plant new fruit bushes for the coming year. For ideas and a great range, pop to your local Homebase.
Prune your fruiting raspberries now, cutting all stems back to ground level. While they're still dormant, prune large apple and pear trees removing dead and dying branches. Plant new fruit bushes for the coming year. For ideas and a great range, pop to your local Homebase.
Greenhouse
Give your greenhouse a good clean to make it nice and light and kill off any pests.
Give your greenhouse a good clean to make it nice and light and kill off any pests.
Houseplants
Spruce up your home with some winter houseplants such as Azalea, Cyclamen, Cymbidium or Hyacinths.
Spruce up your home with some winter houseplants such as Azalea, Cyclamen, Cymbidium or Hyacinths.
Lawn
Repair and re-shape lawn edges. When the weather is better you can lay new turf.
Repair and re-shape lawn edges. When the weather is better you can lay new turf.
Perennials (winter surviving plants)
If the weather is mild enough, lift and divide your perennial plants to promote healthy and fast growth.
If the weather is mild enough, lift and divide your perennial plants to promote healthy and fast growth.
Shrubs
Now is the time to dig up and reposition any garden shrubs. You can also cut back (prune) winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering.
Now is the time to dig up and reposition any garden shrubs. You can also cut back (prune) winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering.
Trees
Try planting Salix Kilmarnock – a beautiful small weeping tree, ideal for little gardens. Available at Homebase between December to March.
Try planting Salix Kilmarnock – a beautiful small weeping tree, ideal for little gardens. Available at Homebase between December to March.
Vegetables
Start picking your winter veg like kale, brussels sprouts and cabbages. Start planting beetroot seeds (but make sure you protect them from frosts). You can also plant your first crops of early carrots and broad beans under cloches.
Start picking your winter veg like kale, brussels sprouts and cabbages. Start planting beetroot seeds (but make sure you protect them from frosts). You can also plant your first crops of early carrots and broad beans under cloches.
April
It’s time to get the following vegetable crops planted outside: lettuce and salad leaves, radishes, kohl rabi, spring cabbage and endive, plus dwarf French beans (for a late crop). Winter spinach can also be planted from now through to September.
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