Hampstead Heath Garden Maintenance

Tulips and euphorbia are blooming in a client's Hampstead garden. What signs of Spring are showing in your garden?

Garden Maintenance: Primulas

Split primulas after flowering. They will flower better next time...so you get lots of new flowers for free!

Highgate Garden Prune and Clean

Before and after garden tidy. Need help? Contact us 

Garden Maintenance: Lungworts (Pulmonaria)

Early-flowering ground cover like lungworts (Pulmonaria) can be freshened up by pruning spent flower stems. If the leaves get a bit of mold on them, you can cut them back and they will also regrow. 

London Lawn Care Tip

The ground is warming up so you can sow grass seed in next few weeks. Make sure to prepare the soil well first!

Garden maintenance: Erythronium dens-canis (Dog-tooth violets)

Clumps of Erythronium dens-canis (dog-tooth violets) can be lifted and divided, replanting the long roots singly. Dog-tooth violets do well in borders, but are also happy in thin rough grass where daffs would thrive.

Garden Maintenance: Lavender Care

Lavender don’t like being hard pruned, or pruned into old wood so it’s wise to prune now using shears. To trim lavender: go over whole plant, trimming off 3-5cm (1-2inches) of growth using shears for speed.

 

Garden Maintenance: Ferns

As new fronds begin to unroll, now is a good time to transplant ferns. To transplant ferns, cut dead fronds, soak well, and plant in new compost and bonemeal mix.

Planting Design: Nice plant combinations

Twisted Hazel with Erysimum and Daffs make a nice combination:

London Garden Maintenance Tip: Organic Matter improves soil

Organic matter will help soil retain moisture and improve soil quality. Spread some on plant beds now before spring growth starts

Plant advice: North London

Garden tip: cut herbaceous perennials back to let new growth thrive.

Garden Maintenance: Winter Heather

If you haven’t already, now is the time to trim winter flowering heather with shears.

Belsize Park Garden Maintenance: Laying new turf

Has winter played havoc with your lawn? Maybe it's time to lay new turf:

Before and After: