Alan Edmondson’s
March GARDENING TIPS
● Outdoor sowings can be started as the soil begins to warm
up. Dark soils warm up quicker than light soils.
● The soil is likely to require some general fertilizer after all
the rain we have had.
● It is a good time to divide border perennials such as
delphiniums, astilbe, day lilies and phlox. Discard the
central piece if it is woody and replant the outer pieces.
● Sow some hardy annuals such as alyssum, nemophila and
nasturtium. They are useful as space fillers between newly
planted shrubs.
● Complete planting of deciduous hedges this month. Prune
hard in order to get well furnished bases for the future.
● Prune established clematis of jackmanii and viticella types
to within six inches of the base of last year’s growth.
● Winter flowering heathers should be given a trim with
shears when they have finished flowering.
● Brassicas and leeks can be sown in a nursery bed for
planting out later in the year.
● Sow carrots very thinly to avoid having to thin them out
later as the smell of bruised foliage can attract root fly.
● Early potatoes can be planted later in the month.
● When indoor azaleas finish flowering remove the spent
flowers. Do not place them outdoors until danger of frost
has gone.
● Give cacti their first watering if there are signs of growth.
Alan Edmondson
Bowercot Garden Design, Lymington
Regular contributor to
BBC Radio Solent’s ‘The Good Life’
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