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WITH the days getting longer and the temperature rising (slightly!) there is no better time than the present to get back out there and plant for the year ahead. For bedding plants it's still much


Am I too late to.plant Daffodils? , - -The ideal time for planting


^ bulbs is in the backend of the • I • year, between September and , December. Now. is too late to :


i ■ {> Tradition in stone and oak


^ NEW to the market at £725,000, “ Salisbury Hall is an outstand­ ing Grade II listed wisteria-clad period home dating from the early 18th century, with original flagged floors, beamed ceilings


( original arched stone inglenook fireplace and cast iron multi-fuel stove with salt safe.


, The sitting room, with double


a sp e c ts across to Harrop, Easington *m d Waddinton Fells. The reception Jiallway/music room has a solid oak entrance door,


and mullidn windows.'-• • Set among some of Lancashire’s most beautifiil countryside, it occu- pies'a slightly elevated position with


• window, has a stable door to the rear garden.


. shelved pantry. The rear hallway has a cloaks


has an Alpha double-oven oil-fired range providing hot-water and cen­ tral heating, a Belfast sink, island unit, Miele dishwasher and butch­ er’s block, and there is an adjoining


■ The country-style fitted kitchen


area, and there is a utility room plumbed for laundry, with double­ well Belfast sink and Victorian


mullion window and window seat, has a French door to the front gar­ den arid a high mantle stone chim­ ney piece with cast iron dog grate. The dining room, with mullion


clothes rack. Additional], there is a breakfast area and two-piece cloak­ room.


The distinctive solid oak staircase


• mullion window has an ensuite four- piece bathroom with fully tiled dou­ ble shower, unit and bath with claw feet, and large built-in cupboards/ wardrobes. Also on the first floor are a front


has two half-landings, and leads to a landing with original oak panelling and polished oak plank floor. The masterbedroom with double


piece family bathroom. An oak staircase with half-land­


bedroom with cast iron fireplace, a , study/bedroom with built-in shelv­ ing, sitting.room/bedroom with large walk-in wardrobe, and four-


beautiful gardens with an abun­ dance of traditional planting. The rear garden, adjoining open ag­ ricultural land, has a large stone central patio, an omarnental pond, lawns and timber store shed, and the gated rear entrance opens on to a driveway with parking for several vehicles. , The detached garage has an inter­ nal dog keimel and external run.


ing leads to the second floor, where there are two side bedrooms, a sit­ ting room and fpiir-piece bathroom, all lit by Velux windows. The property is surrounded by


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. plant bulbs as they will have been driedjout for too long and you ;.


..will ’get a poor rate of.success. It_.‘ is not, however, too late to plant s out bulbs that are growing plants


. in pots and.you can then at least see the colour of the flowers and it sometimes makes it easier


. r to place them in the garden as "• - you don't need to rely on your .: imagination as much! ■


• . - ~ How do I prune a Potentilla?.'


. From a young age they should be’ r.: pruned back to one foot tall every. year at the’start of March, if your *


> plarit is older and riever been ^ ’ . pruned you can't prune it back as:


.i;hard, but taking it dowii to two ./ ^


‘i.f^ t ta!! will helpThe plant stay -bushierand.also pro.duce more.f -. / shoots lower down and more ; • i flowers;. Feed after pruning with a * - pellet based fertiliser.. ,


... Can I.move an.established * Japanese Maple? ^ ^


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I ^ tsIUhen you have a chance, - if it is a dome forming variety and


. j If it is a tree type and under eight over four feet wide then again


, ypu have a chance. The key is* • to .move it straight awayjustas the buds are swelling, also you _ '


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. want to, keep as much root ball as ?; ' possible, be careful when moving them as the branches-are brittle ; in cold weather and cari snap


.easily. Then keep'an’eye on the weather aricl vvater accordingly ’ ,. and keep ypur^firigers crossed!


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..COMMONLY known as the Lentenf '-^ '-’;^ Rose this Helleborus bears many l patterned white,' pink or dark red''* flowers. They will grow in a shaded


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too early, but if you want to have a sort out with your perennials and shrubs then now is the time. Firstly it may involve doing a little bit of catching up from last year and giving the garden a good spring clean, but, when you can see what you've got then you'll be surprised by the array of tiny shoots popping through the soil because the garden is about to burst back into life. Don't be held back with the feet


that the frosts are still around, because if you are growing hardy plants in the garden and looking to also plant more hardy plants, then they will be not affected by the weather. Any clumps of well established perennials will appreciate being divided up and replanted as


variable at this time of year as last year we had the weather up above 20 degrees so do keep an eye on the watering of newly planted plants until they establish.


Planting isn't just about looking at


the flower beds in your garden. Pot plants sometimes become a forgotten area and are expected fo thrive and flourish when they are not given the ■ attention that they require. ■ . Make sure to top dress pot plants ■


this will encourage them to produce more flowers and make healthier specimens. You will always end up discarding the old woody centre of the plant as this has become old and unproductive. If you also have any shrubs in the


garden which aren't in exactly the right place then you can get away


Jobs to do


1- Feed flower beds Now is the best time to feed


your perennials and shrubs with a pellet-based fertiliser like , Vitax Q4. Apply a handful to the square yard and watch your plats spring to life and give you plenty of flowers!


2 - Prune shrubs Summer flowering shrubs


such as Potentillas and Spiraeas appreciate a good prune at this time of year, this will encourage


fresh new growth without the . old stem structure and you will also get bushier plants with more


■flowers. 3.-Tidy garden


. An obvious job, but now is ■ the best time to do it before the plants start to race away when the weather improves!


4 - Divide perennials Before they put on too much leaf now is the time to divide


on an annual basis with some . fertilizer and fresh compost and every three years take them out of the pot and give them a total makeover. .Tease some of the old soil out and


with moving them now as well. Obviously it will depend on the size, age and type of plant, but as long as you get a good rootball lifted with the plant then you will succeed, but remember to water in well and also


. give a topdressing of some good fertilizer or use some well rotted manure. The weather can be so


pot back up using a loam based compost like John Innes No. 3 as this will hold nutrients, also mix in some bark which will hold moisture in dryer spells. Then top dress with bark to prevent seeding weeds and watch your plant spring back into life again


and provide you with many months of colour.


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established clumps of perennials, generally discard the old woody centre and then replant in groups. ,


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5 - Plant bare-root plants Now is the last chance for


planting bare root hedging and trees. Make sure to water well when planted and stake any newly planted trees to help keep them growing upright, tie the tree to the stake one third of the way up its trunk. '


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