- Trim chrysanthemums and similar perennial plants after they have finished flowering leaving about 10cm of old canes
- Remove dead leaves and divide iris. Replant the outer rhizomes with the top of the rhizome exposed.
- Remove dead leaves from day lilies and divide the clumps in late winter if they haven’t been done for a few years.
- Prune hydrangeas in late winter leaving canes with a single bud on the tip. Prune other canes to the 2nd or 3rd double bud from the ground. Prune out dead wood at ground level
- Feed peonies and blueberries with pulverised cow manure. Ensure the buds of peonies aren’t buried or it will reduce flowering
- Prune roses early August by removing growth less than a pencil thick, crossing branches and very woody growth. Take fallen leaves and prunings to the green waste. (Don’t compost)
- Treat rose bushes with lime sulphur ensuring that all stems are completely wet and soil under the plant is drenched to kill any fungal spores
- If you are buying bare-root roses, check that stems are healthy with no die-back. When planting, dig a large hole (twice the width of the root ball) and remove damaged roots before planting. Create a small mound in the hole you have dug. After soaking the roots in a bucket of water with some seaweed solution, spread the roots over the mound and backfill with soil. Make sure the soil level matches the discolouration on the stem (this indicates where the previous soil level was). Water in well to ensure all air pockets are removed.
- Underplant with a grey-leafed catmint such as Nepeta 'Walker's Blue' which will have blue flowers from spring through to autumn or with low-growing bulbs such as grape hyacinths.
We can do it all for you using our team of qualified horticulturists.
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