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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.
March
Vegetable Garden
It’s time to start planting (under cloches) broad beans, beetroots, brussel sprouts, summer cabbages, leeks, lettuces, hardy peas and radishes. Seed potatoes – Set out seed potatoes in trays and stand in a cool, bright position for shoots to form. Early varieties can be planted in March, but plant your main...
It’s time to start planting (under cloches) broad beans, beetroots, brussel sprouts, summer cabbages, leeks, lettuces, hardy peas and radishes. Seed potatoes – Set out seed potatoes in trays and stand in a cool, bright position for shoots to form. Early varieties can be planted in March, but plant your main...
Bedding Plants
Continue to get rid of dead flower heads in your winter beds. Start planting summer bedding plants that need a longer growing season. It’s a good time to stock up on young plants like Fuchsias, Geraniums and Marguerites. Carry on planting tough flowers like Petunias, Nemesia, Nicotiana and Phlox. Towards the...
Continue to get rid of dead flower heads in your winter beds. Start planting summer bedding plants that need a longer growing season. It’s a good time to stock up on young plants like Fuchsias, Geraniums and Marguerites. Carry on planting tough flowers like Petunias, Nemesia, Nicotiana and Phlox. Towards the...
Bulbs
Plant up pots of your favourite summer-flowering bulbs and start them off on a warm windowsill. Outside plant summer flowering bulbs like Gladiolus, Anemone, Iris & Lilium – for a wide choice of bulbs pop to Homebase.
Plant up pots of your favourite summer-flowering bulbs and start them off on a warm windowsill. Outside plant summer flowering bulbs like Gladiolus, Anemone, Iris & Lilium – for a wide choice of bulbs pop to Homebase.
Climbing Plants
It's not too late to cut back Clematis – remember it will help the plant grow better in the spring.
It's not too late to cut back Clematis – remember it will help the plant grow better in the spring.
Containers
Give your shrubs an instant boost with a fresh layer of compost. If your plant has outgrown its pot, gently ease the roots out before re-potting. Get your pre-planted hanging baskets from Homebase.
Give your shrubs an instant boost with a fresh layer of compost. If your plant has outgrown its pot, gently ease the roots out before re-potting. Get your pre-planted hanging baskets from Homebase.
Greenhouse
Don’t forget to give your greenhouse a good clean before spring to make it nice and light and kill off any pests.
Don’t forget to give your greenhouse a good clean before spring to make it nice and light and kill off any pests.
Hedges
Plant young, bare-root saplings in a staggered double row. Water well and give your new hedge a thick layer of mulch. Prune your evergreen hedges as soon as they start growing a lot.
Plant young, bare-root saplings in a staggered double row. Water well and give your new hedge a thick layer of mulch. Prune your evergreen hedges as soon as they start growing a lot.
Herbs
Early spring is the best time to divide and re-plant herbs like mint, chives, lovage and marjoram. You can also start to plant new herbs – check out Homebase for a great range.
Early spring is the best time to divide and re-plant herbs like mint, chives, lovage and marjoram. You can also start to plant new herbs – check out Homebase for a great range.
Houseplants
As the days get longer, add a liquid feed to houseplants. When re-potting plants, add granules of slow release fertiliser to the compost.
As the days get longer, add a liquid feed to houseplants. When re-potting plants, add granules of slow release fertiliser to the compost.
Lawn
Start giving your lawn a regular trim – making sure you set the mower blades high to begin with. A spring feed will keep your lawn growing fast and kill off any weeds or moss. You can still lay turf and it will be time to seed new lawns by the...
Start giving your lawn a regular trim – making sure you set the mower blades high to begin with. A spring feed will keep your lawn growing fast and kill off any weeds or moss. You can still lay turf and it will be time to seed new lawns by the...
Perennials (winter surviving plants)
Spread a slow release fertiliser around emerging plants to get your flowerbeds off to a good start. Lift and divide overgrown clumps of plants.
Spread a slow release fertiliser around emerging plants to get your flowerbeds off to a good start. Lift and divide overgrown clumps of plants.
Shrubs
Give your shrubs a hard prune to improve the shape and encourage flowers. Cut directly above a pair of buds using clean, sharp tools. Remove any weeds under bushes (it’s important to keep them down because they fight with the plant for food and water).
Give your shrubs a hard prune to improve the shape and encourage flowers. Cut directly above a pair of buds using clean, sharp tools. Remove any weeds under bushes (it’s important to keep them down because they fight with the plant for food and water).
Trees
Give young trees a thick layer of nutrient-rich mulch to help them get growing.
Give young trees a thick layer of nutrient-rich mulch to help them get growing.
Vegetables
Give your beds a boost by adding a thick layer of mulch around plants to lock in moisture and ensure the soil doesn’t dry out. Plant out your prepared potatoes when the soil has started to warm up. Start planting tomato, beetroot and courgettes under glass in a heated propagator or...
Give your beds a boost by adding a thick layer of mulch around plants to lock in moisture and ensure the soil doesn’t dry out. Plant out your prepared potatoes when the soil has started to warm up. Start planting tomato, beetroot and courgettes under glass in a heated propagator or...
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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