North London Garden Maintenance Tips: Wisteria

Now that the ground is warming up it is time to feed your wisteria to get the best flowers.

North London Lawn Care: Scarifying tips

To scarify lawn: go over turf with a spring rake in 2 directions to remove moss. Then fertilise and seed.

Planting Design: Harden off bedding before planting

After buying bedding plants, bring them in at night and put outside on mild days to harden off before planting.

Garden Maintenance: Fix up supports for climbers

Thinking of planting a climber? Make sure supports, like wires and trellis, are fixed up before you buy one.

Plant Maintenance Tip: Peonies

Hungry peonies are starting to sprout. Feed a handful of bonemeal in the crown and top with garden compost.

Lawn Care: After winter start long and slowly reduce height

When cutting grass after a long winter, set the blades at their highest setting and work down each week.

Garden Design Ideas: Spring Planting combinations

Cornus, Heuchura and Primrose make a nice combination this time of year:

Benefits of Mulch

Did you know that mulched gardens have flowers and plants that grow more, with less weeds?  

Window Box Design and Planters

Some ideas for spring window boxes:

North London Garden Planting Design: Skimmia

Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’ is blooming well in Regent's Park this year.

Garden Maintenance: Finish your pruning this week

Deadheading your flowering plants helps get the most out of them. Make sure to complete your pruning this week before spring growth starts.

Garden Maintenance: Ornamental Grasses

RHS tip: clear out dead leaves from bottom of evergreen grasses and cut back to freshen up. ow.ly/Z9vSG