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.

Bedding Plants Keep your bedding plants healthy by deadheading, watering daily, and feeding with a good quality fertiliser. Pick flowers regularly to encourage more blooms. Climbing plants Encourage the spread of your Clematis by layering (it has a better success rate than taking cuttings)