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Garden pruning There’s always something that needs pruning, whatever the time of year. That’s half the problem with pruning – learning which plant to prune when. The other problem is matching up the neat and sensible diagrams in the books with wayward reality. You can prune hardy deciduous plants in late winter and early spring, but don’t prune tender evergreens until the weather has warmed up. <strong>February</strong> is the ideal time to prune the following: roses... Prune shrub roses before they start to shoot. You can prune roses quite hard, as they are tough plants and should respond well. (It doesn’t sound quite right though does it – ‘as tough as a rose’?) The trick is to prune so that the new growth will form an attractive, rounded goblet shape. Hardy hedges... Prune deciduous and any really hardy evergreen hedges to maintain a good structural shape. You may need to prune again later in the year, depending on how fast the hedge grows. Late flowering clematis... First work out when your clematis flowers. If it has large blooms and flowers in July/ Aug then cut it hard back now. If it’s early summer, just lightly trim to tidy and keep to the framework, as these flower on last year’s wood and hard pruning will prevent it flowering. If it flowers in the spring, then prune after it has flowered – so not now. deciduous ornamental grasses... Cut these back right to the ground before the new shoots begin to grow. Be careful here because some grasses are evergreen – they might look dead, but something like Stipa gigantea or tenuissima just needs the tatty old foliage combed out – there will probably be some fancy ‘grass comb’ available for this soon, but grasses are so tactile that it’s not a chore to run your fingers through the fronds. vegetables prepare the soil... by layering on a snug blanket of organic matter and then leaving the worms and their friends to do the digging in for you. If you join in with the digging, you’ll upset the soil creatures and spoil all the hard work they’ve already done for you. The rule for soil preparation these days is no-dig. Hooray. Sow some early crops... The soil can be warmed in readiness with cloches or plastic sheeting. This will protect it from the worst of the wet and frozen weather and allow you to start planting a bit sooner. Hardy vegetables like peas, broad beans and spinach can be sown directly into the soil towards the end of the month. Sow leeks and onions this month too, but in a pot under cover to plant out a bit later on. Sow tender veg... Tomatoes, peppers and aubergines need a very long growing season in order to ripen successfully in our climate. Tender crops will be destroyed by the slightest frost – only sow them from seed if you have somewhere light and warm to grow them until all danger of frost is past, so until May. Don’t despair if you can’t accommodate all those tender seedlings, as the garden centres stock young plants later in the season. Chit early potatoes... Chitting is a term that means letting your potatoes start to sprout sturdy new shoots – preferably somewhere light and airy (not like the ones we find at the bottom of the fridge). The idea is that they then get off to an earlier start and will produce a bumper harvest more speedily. Chitting works quite well with new, or early potatoes, but is not essential. feed fruit trees and bushes... Sprinkle potash fertiliser at the base of fruit trees and bushes to encourage the plants to produce more fruit later in the season. Musical plants If you suddenly decide that a shrub has been planted in the wrong place, there’s still time to move it before growth starts. I don’t know why I call it ‘musical’ plants, there’s rarely any music in my garden, but what tends to happen is that once the first plant has been moved, you might find that several have to be relocated to make the change work successfully overall (I find the same moving furniture around in the house). In theory the best time to do this is in the autumn, so that the plants have time to establish new roots over the winter – the recommended time for moving evergreens is around October, but deciduous plants go into dormancy and so there’s still time to move these. Herbaceous perennials can be lifted and divided now too. Spring does still seem a long way off I know, but I can’t help having high hopes at this time of the year. All is promise and plans – and the joyous rustling of seed catalogues and packets (remind me not to get so carried away with them next year). Despite appearances, the garden is about to burst into life again. Soon there will be endless (but rewarding) jobs to be getting on with, but for now we can enjoy the last of the quiet winter days and make plans for a gorgeous gardening season ahead. Let’s tiptoe out there. For details of Jo’s new gardening course contact Jo on 01233 861149 hornbrookmanor.co.uk wealdentimes.co.uk 110
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