Jobs to do in the garden this month…

Deadhead bedding plants and repeat flowering perennials, to ensure continuous flowering

Prune spring shrubs, such as forsythia, after flowering to keep them compact

Divide primroses once they have finished flowering

Dead head your roses if they’re repeat-flowering types

Tidy up borders, removing established and newly germinating weeds

Check Clematis for signs of clematis wilt

Tie in climbing roses

Using rainwater (if possible), continue to water your flowering Rhododendrons

Look after the birds; clean the feeders, keep them topped up and put out some water

Deadhead daffodils and other spring bulbs, but leave the foliage to die back naturally

Don’t worry if your lawn turns brown, it will soon bounce back when we have rain

Continue to thin out drifts of hardy annual plants if they’re overcrowded

Feed trees, shrubs, hedges and roses with a balanced slow- release fertiliser

Stake tall perennial plants to prevent wind damage

Tie in the new shoots of climbing plants, including clematis, wisteria and honeysuckle, to their supports

Start to pick sweet peas as soon as they flower to encourage more blooms

Sow Wildflower seeds in trays or modules, to produce plants for your own mini-meadow

Pick courgettes before they become marrows

Gail Sheppard

“Ben and the team at Hythe Garden Landscapes recently completely transformed our garden. We are beyond impressed with the whole experience, from start to finish. The team are friendly, professional and to be quite honest, were a joy to have here with us over the weeks that the project took to complete. Cannot recommend HGL enough, if you are considering them for your project you won’t be disappointed. Their attention to detail and standards of work are second to none.

We’re looking forward to having more work done with them in the future..”