Gardeners Calander - April
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General Garden Care
- Tie In Climbers
- Divide Perennials
- Feed Lawns
- Prick out and pot on seedlings
- Plant summer flowering bulbs
- Sow Sweet Peas
Vegetables and Herbs
- Plant Asparagus crows outside
- Plant maincrop potatoes
- Keep succession sowing lettuce, radish, beetroot, peas, broad beans,turnips
- Plant out onions sown earlier
- Sow Leeks, Kohl Rabi, Florence Fennel, Salsify, Scorzonera
- Sow winter brassicas
- Thin out seedlings
- Put in some pea supports
- Divide Chives
- Layer Thyme
- sow herb seeds
Perennials
- Keep planting new plants
- Finish dividing summer flowering perennials
- Plant out Dahlias in milder parts
- Continue taking basal cuttings
- Thin shoots on delphiniums and lupins if overcrowded
Annuals and Bedding
- Sow Hardy Annuals Outside
- Plant out hardy annuals sown indoors
- Sow half hardy annuals
- Last chance to sow sweet peas
- Plant out sweet peas sown in autumn
Trees and Shrubs
- Remove frost damaged shoots
- Check roses for aphids
- Trim winter flowering heathers
- Prune black elder and smoke bush
- Cut back lavender and curry plant
- Propogate conifers
- Plant evergreen hedges
Fruit
- Check on forced rhubarb
- Feed blackberries and blackcurrants with high nitrogen feed
- Prune fan trained cherry, plum and nectarine trees
- Tie in grape and kiwi vines
Under Glass
- Keep temperature, humidity and sunlight under control.
- Keep an eye out for pests
- Sow half hardy annuals
- Prick out and pot on seedlings
- Sow winter flowering pansies
- Take cuttings from fuchsias and pelargoniums
- Sow tomatoes, celery, celeriac, sweetcorn, marrows and courgettes
Lawns
- Mow grass regularly now
- Repair problem areas
- Feed lawns
- Aerate moss problem lawns
- Apply moss killer
Bulbs
- Deadhead daffodils
- Plant summer flowering bulbs
- Divide Nerines
Containers
- Plant up an alpine trough
Ponds
- Clean out your pond
- pLant new aquatic plants
- Divide water lillies
Climbers
- Tie in roses
- Tie in clematis
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