Gardening Jobs For March

March plants

• Helleborus Orientalis (Lenten Rose)
• Double Primula (Primrose)
• Corydalis (Pere David)
• Camellia
• Clematis Armandii

 

(all available at Palmers)

March Jobs Checklist

• Dig over your borders
  
• Remove any weeds
  
• Top up mulch where needed
  
• Plant bare root & container grown roses
  
• Prune autumn clematis
  
• Plant summer flowering bulbs
  
• Sow hardy annuals
  
• Plant out sweet peas
  
• First ‘light’ cut of the lawn
• Plant bare rooted fruit bushes & trees
  
• Plant shallots, garlic & onion sets
• Harvest leeks & brassicas
• Plant tomatoes, peppers & salads indoors or in greenhouse

General Maintenance

• keep protecting plants if there is still any frost.
• continue making your new beds and borders
• dig over all your existing borders and remove any weeds
• mulch any areas of the garden you may have missed in autumn

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Flowers and Plants

• plant your container grown roses, shrubs and climbers. Bare rooted roses cannot be planted once the buds have broken, so this is your last chance.
• prune back your autumn flowering Clematis
• keep slugs away from any new spring shoots
• it’s time to plant your summer flowering bulbs
• sow hardy annuals in mixed colours – taller ones at the back
• sow your sweet peas outdoors and plant out those raised under cover
• remember to water you pots and containers if the weather dries up
• brighten up your pots and containers with Daffodils, Pansies, Violas, Primroses and Cyclamen

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Lawns

• if its dry, give your lawn a light cut – do not be tempted to cut it if it is wet
• continue preparing the area if laying a new lawn.

Fruit

• your standard fruit trees should be pruned by now. If not make sure you do it now; keep the centre fairy open and remove rubbing branches to prevent disease
• protect your fruit with netting to keep the birds off
• plant pot-grown fruit tree and strawberry plants
• this is the latest time you can plant bare-root fruit bushes and trees

Vegetables

When the weather turns warmer, you can sow your vegetable crops. Nothing beats home grown food. We have a comprehensive range of propagation materials available at Palmers.

• plant your shallots, garlic and onion sets (all available at Palmers)
• harvest your leeks, brussel sprouts, broccoli and cabbage
• get ahead with your summer vegetables by planting tomatoes, sweet pepper and salads inside