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Winter Gardening To-Do List

Winter is here and you don’t feel like doing much in the garden, but on the contrary – now is the time to get stuck in and get your gloves dirty.

Transplant

Everybody always wants to know when the best time is to transplant shrubs and re-pot containers. Now, is the answer. Remember to prepare the new hole before removing the plant from its original position and keep the orientation the same.

Pruning

Winter is the time to prune your garden. Most shrubs take well to pruning during this time because they are in a dormant stage. The strength of a plant lies in its root system and during the peak growing season, the roots will be pushing energy via plant sap to the outer edges of the plant for development. Should you prune during this growing time, you will lose all that energy. The other reason is that the weather is cooler and there is not as much heat stress on the plants and in winter the insect activity is down to a minimum so you will have no problems with pests encroaching on open wounds. Now you know why it is important to prune now, rather than later.

Most plants take well to a good general cut, but if you don’t know what and where a general 30% will be a good start. Thinning out of trees can also be done now and here is where you can remove branches rubbing against each other, dead branches, branches growing in the wrong direction and general balancing of the tree. Don’t be in the situation where you look back after 5 years and regret not looking after the tree while it was smaller.

Watering

Be sure not to water during the evenings at the moment, but also don’t let your garden dry out either. Best time to water will be in the mornings between 8am and 12am. If your plants are too dry during frost or black frost, you could experience more damage.

Plant

Very often the perception is that winter is dull, but by planting bright winter flowers you can easily change the mood. Now is the time to enjoy an abundance of bright Poppies, scented Sweet Peas and brilliant borders of Pansies and Primulas. 

Happy Gardening

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