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. OPEI'*"'*® TIME; The beautiful magnolia stellata is starting to come into bloom as we say goodbye (hopefully) to winter and look forward •' TO DO LIST ’ ‘
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■;■ .': • As well as our much-■ . loved garden plants;- V weeds' are beginning - -to emerge. Keep them
: . '- ‘under control or they • ' • / .will take over when your. ’ back is turned.
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- • With a chance of late; frost it is important to . :
JL. protect the blossom on fruit trees to safeguard your crop.-
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- ? • Hungry shrubs and ?■. ? . roses will benefit from ■
. : a balanced feed at this ' •- timeofyear.
--_ .,;|spray with a systemic r ■
: • As rose leaves appear, fungicide to keep black '
/ ■ spot at bay. • Climbing Roses should <- be tied in to their frame-
“ work now'to keep'them tidy. - .
! j .* It is the perfect time to
sD*-.:. sow new layvns or repair : bare patches, as they will :,;r . green up very quickly • - now. ■
* ?} A » < • Evergreen pruning can -
v growth. It is also a prime , ■s.^-ftime^to‘plant evergreens.- - #'And donYneglect --
e done now, as they ill soon come back into ■ ■
3^>ypur indoor/garden' - ■ • - asjthe days lengthen, . ’i<
^iJsep lan ts will wel come an additional -' ' drink,' but don't let them
- stand in water for long - periods?It is also the v
'’ time to start to feed - - . citrus plants’1
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I I J iELI-' sPrin9 is finally with us - I f l f an<^ aftera long wet winter,; w f ' mm
a welcome time of new
^ W ® beginningsMeaves are unfurl-' ing, birds arebusyriesting, warm spring
sunshine brightens our days and we can
: ■. : -- (ook forward to'the start of summer and ' time in our beautiful gardens.*' Although temperatures are rising; •
. expect the inevitable spring showers ;,?- and night frosts. *
r.. . There should be lots of colour in the garden right now. Spring bulbs are? -> •
- well into flower and the later-tulips just"--;' . starting to colour.'Blossom trees are in
-such as dicentras, sunny doranicums' . • and pulmpnarias, a?e looking fantastic.
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-...foil bloom, and hedgerows are greening in the^garden, rhododendrons’, azal-v eas,_camelias and magnolias are starting 4- : >r-»to open and early herbaceous plants,*-—
/Even
the.delicate'early clematis alpina-S '-i’ ,
i of the summer growing season to look * forward to.'*
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,and macrapetala varieties are'flushedet' with bud.
' Spring is probably the best times of :
.year.fpr.the gardener, with the'whole'?:
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in the Gardening
Your monthly garden advice column with Michelle........ :- Unsworth, - • ?
a 'from So P lan ts’ jhBoutique Garden |C e n t re , Preston ' Road, Longridge’?
BLOOMING: Above - Doronicum Leonardo and, below - clematis . macropetala markhams pink .
seasons
? PLANT O F TH E MONTH Rhododendron >
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r; The ancient Greek mean- ? - ing'of rhododendron is -
".^.rose tree, a very apt name ' . for such a stunning plant.
. Be evergreen or decidu ous and encompass the
■ azaleas in their family. Many ,v larger-leafed varieties lend
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- . themselves to informal and ^ woodland gardens. There - Are now, however, many '
smaller,cultivars'.The more invasive* ponticum' species
, ..rhododendron has been superseded by modern
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V varieties, which can be very coni- : v . pact and suitable for the smaller . .. garden .or containers: Very dwarf - :'
> : varieties look fantastic in alpine- , - style rock gardens.. 1
_•/ Thodo'dendrons are fantastic?-" Jo n shady areas and can brighten * * up eventhe dullest comer of the' 9arden?with variegated-leave'd ' varieties giving year-long colour., fr* . There are also deciduous varie- ' ^ .. ties, whicfToften have stunning 5 -
spring shadesof orange,'yellow'-'-
■ and red, followed by equally dra-
..matic autumnjeaf colour.
Rhododendrons prefer acidic ?
. soil and are generally very happy ■ in the local area, but can benefit ' from an ericaceous feed-and a mulch in late spring. ■
-Overall, rhododendrons add'
fantastic early colour to gardens of all sizes and are well worth con-
. sidering if you want more sprinq 'colour.
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■ Rhododendrons have the - ~H , .' 'most vibrant flowers at';--?"'-'^ ' •this time of year. They can
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH Oh, give us to-day;
A n d give us not to think so far away R o b e r t F ro s t 1
A s th e uncertain harvest; keeo ■.js hare Ail simply in the springing of th
e year. to warm, colourful days ahead 5*30 > __ “ i'ii ’--t>« cJfctH£~
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