- Prune apple and pear trees and any dormant fruit trees and apply winter wash.
- Repair and re-shape lawn edges.
- Paint or repair any fencing/sheds before plants start to grow back in spring.
- Tidy up garden and remove and leaves.
- Clear guttering and drains.
- Dig over your beds to make your borders look neater.
- Move or plant roses if required and mulch your beds.
- A good time to re-plan your garden or make any alterations.
Annual tasks
January
February
- Finish pruning any deciducious trees.
- Re-plant shrubs that need to be moved.
- Any herbaceous perennials can be lifted and divided to prevent overcrowding.
- Prune and re-shape any wintering shrubs that have finished flowering.
- A good time to do any tufting, either placing bad patches or complete new lawns.
March
- Time to plant any summer bulbs and young bare root saplings for starting a hedge.
- Prune evergreen hedges and prune your hardy fuscias.
- Prune your beech hedge.
- On a dry day, start to mow and feed your lawn.
- Treat any moss on your lawn with lawn sand.
April
- Sow fast growing plants directly into the ground like cosmos and snap dragon.
- Re-pot your container tubs and plant summer bulbs if you have not already done so.
- Shape and trim your formal hedges, whilst they are actively growing and remember to feed and mulch.
- Sow seeds to repair bare patches on your lawn.
- Still cut grass weekly on a high blade cutting, don’t cut too short.
- Give grass a feed and treat moss.
May
- Maintain your hedges and clear any loose trimmings and check for nesting birds.
- Refresh flowerbeds and borders, clear away spring flowering bedding plants and prepare for summer plants but not to end of month.
- Train and tie back any climbing roses and fruit trees.
June
- Sprinkle rose fertilizer on your roses.
- Prune spring flowering shrubs.
- Keep hedges tidy
- Hoe your borders and clear your weeds.
July
- Keep summer bedding vibrant by dead heading.
- Water your plants and use a potash fertilizer.
- Keep up the regular mowing and then remove any lawn weeds.
August
- Give lawns a summer feed.
- Prune your wisteria and look for black spot on your roses.
- Trim lavender flowers.
- Give any woodwork (i.e. fences, sheds) a coat of paint on a fine day.
- Good time to lay a patio.
September
- Trim Summer hedges, forsythia, berberis and deutzia.
- Improve your lawn by raking and scarifying to remove any thatch.
October
- Prune your large roses for Winter to avoid Autumn wind damage.
- Last chance to mow your lawn.
- Good time to aerate your lawn and apply top dressing.
- Lift any dahlias and store upside down.
November
- Plant out your wallflowers and Winter bedding.
- Plant tulips bulbs.
- Tidy up your perennials and have a good clear up.
- Prune deciduous shrubs and trees.
- Dig over your borders.
December
- Prune acers, birches and vines
- Prune tall roses and grape vines.
- Plant your cyclamens.
- Apply grease band on your fruit trees to avoid winter moth grubs.
- On a dry day, paint with wood restorer any fences or sheds.
