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AlisonMasonGd

  1. Make sure that leggy perennials are supported before they keel over 5:01 AM May 24th via web
  2. weeds continue to grow apace, spray with glycosphate those that spread via runners when it is dry and leave for 2 weeks before digging up. 6:03 AM May 17th via web
  3. some ideas for colour and structure twitter.com/AlisonMasonGd/… 6:32 AM May 14th via web
  4. My garden right now twitter.com/AlisonMasonGd/… 6:25 AM May 14th via web
  5. forget me nots may be be pretty but usually allow other weeds to flourish around them and if they seed you will have a huge batch next year 1:01 PM May 13th via web
  6. Chelsea crop means stopping green growth of perennials in May Cut sedums back by 3 leaf joints to create bushier plants which flower later. 11:56 AM May 9th via web
  7. We've had so much rain,perennials are putting on too much growth Cut out some long and sagging leaf stalks on lupins and chelsea chop sedums 5:07 AM May 9th via web
  8. Plants and weeds are growing apace. You need to get on top of the weeds before they grow into the plants you want. 8:04 AM Apr 21st via web
  9. Feed daffodills that have flowered with potash fertilizer to help the bulbs bulk up for next year, dead head to conserve energy for the bulb 11:38 AM Apr 19th via web
  10. pull out the dry leaves of evergreen grasses with your hands or use secateurs to clear out dead growth 12:18 AM Mar 26th via web
  11. Feed those hard working Camellias with fertilizer for acid loving plants, water in and if soil is dry water freely. 7:14 AM Mar 20th via web
  12. Time to get on top of the slugs. Use nemotodes watered into the soil to treat the emerging population before they multiply 7:42 AM Mar 19th via web
  13. time to remove the dead and dry leaves from Epimdiums before the flower shoots are too high and you cut them off as well. 7:43 AM Mar 14th via web
  14. Planting time is here in London, soil is warm and damp, things are growing a pace Improve the soil so your plants get a good start. 12:40 AM Mar 12th via web
  15. Time to prune your hydrangeas down to the second pair of healthy buds. Lower if you want to restrict it's growth. 1:59 AM Mar 9th via web
  16. take the shears to your non-evergreen grasses and cut them to at least 10 cm from the ground - not into new growth and pull out dead leaves 12:34 AM Mar 5th via web
  17. If rain is forecast rush out and fertilze the garden so that the rain washes the fertilizer in straight away and plants benefit immediatly 7:23 AM Mar 4th via web
  18. Suddenly everything needs doing in the garden rose pruni ng beds to be done asap otherwise they'll flower late. 11:51 AM Mar 1st via Mobile Web
  19. Stars of the show in my garden are white hellebors arching above narcissus tete a tete. The flowers gives the whole garden a fresh look 12:40 AM Mar 1st via web
  20. As it is unseasonably warm don't be tempted to storm out there and cut everything back. If we have frost everything will be very exposed 12:39 PM Feb 23rd via web
  • Name Alison Mason
  • Location North London
  • Web http://www.garden...
  • Bio Garden Designer and Horticultural consultant Providing Design,specifications,construction drawings,planting to project management and aftercare
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