Garden Maintenance: Osmanthus Delavayi

Osmanthus delavayi has flowered now. If you grow it in a formal shape, now is time to prune and feed.

Garden Maintenance: Aphids, ants and roses

Aphids are starting to come out and colonise succulent new growth of roses. Get your spray ready. If you see ants on roses, it's a sign of aphids. Make sure your spray is new as some treatments are no longer legal.

Lawn Care: Are your mower blades sharp enough?

Now is time to sharpen mower blades with coarse file. (Follow safety rules!) Sharp blades ensure healthy grass. Blunt mower blades leave grass ripped not cut and ragged tips make lawn look less green.

Lawn care: Lower mowing height to summer length now

Grass is starting to grow faster now so you can lower your mower blades to summer height.

Garden Maintenance: Hoe bedding soil and paths to remove seedlings

Plants aren't the only thing starting to grow fast now. This is peak time for weed seedlings, so get your hoe out. Get rid of seedlings now before they become more established and more difficult to remove. Better yet, put down some mulch! 

Garden Maintenance: Stake plants now

Put stakes and other plant supports in before new growth needs them.

Lawn Care: remove 1/3 at a time

Lawn tip: never remove more than one-third of the grass blade at a time when mowing.

Garden Maintenance: Clematis

This is the ideal time to tie in shoots of climbers like clematis. as they will start growing fast soon.

Planting Design: Skimmia, Cornus & Hyacinth

Skimmia, Cornus and Hyacinth make a nice winter-Spring plant combination

Lawn Maintenance and Seeding

Repairing a client’s lawn by scarifying, raking and reseeding. If doing yourself, keep off the grass for 10 days.