Excellent article with lots of handy tips! Although I personally leave most of my tidy up (except hellebores) until March for no other reason than it's too cold to be in the garden for any length of time 🤣
I'm in Herts, we are meant to be the driest county so I can't complain too much either 🤣 I just like to be able to feel my fingers when I garden. Luckily the worms did a good job of pulling most dead vegetation under ground so I haven't actually got much to tidy up in spring except the grasses and a few dry leaves that are still attached to plants, like geraniums.
Oh! Apologies. I'm in South Oxfordshire. I'm fine once I get going. Stepping out there is the hard bit! 🥶😂 Certainly wouldn't be doing anything without gloves! My borders are mostly left until March. Even early April. I just do roses and grasses now. My geraniums have been reduced to mushy clumps so couldn't resist getting rid of those. Yuk!
No worries at all 😄 I don't think I mention anywhere that I'm in Herts so you would not have known. My geraniums never do too bad, I'm not sure if it's because they are in raised beds and stay well drained or just the variety. Lots even stay partially evergreen over winter. Do you grow pineapple lilies? Those are the most dramatic! The garden looks like it rained dead octopuses after the slightest first frost.
You totally should!! 😆 the flowers are quite amazing too although mine didn't flower last summer. I think they need sun and heat to flower well.
They didn't flower well for me either. As you say, heat and sun, both lacking last year.
Excellent article with lots of handy tips! Although I personally leave most of my tidy up (except hellebores) until March for no other reason than it's too cold to be in the garden for any length of time 🤣
Thank you. Much appreciated! Yes, I’m lucky here in southern England. It’s relatively mild. Not today though! Brrr! 🥶
I'm in Herts, we are meant to be the driest county so I can't complain too much either 🤣 I just like to be able to feel my fingers when I garden. Luckily the worms did a good job of pulling most dead vegetation under ground so I haven't actually got much to tidy up in spring except the grasses and a few dry leaves that are still attached to plants, like geraniums.
Oh! Apologies. I'm in South Oxfordshire. I'm fine once I get going. Stepping out there is the hard bit! 🥶😂 Certainly wouldn't be doing anything without gloves! My borders are mostly left until March. Even early April. I just do roses and grasses now. My geraniums have been reduced to mushy clumps so couldn't resist getting rid of those. Yuk!
No worries at all 😄 I don't think I mention anywhere that I'm in Herts so you would not have known. My geraniums never do too bad, I'm not sure if it's because they are in raised beds and stay well drained or just the variety. Lots even stay partially evergreen over winter. Do you grow pineapple lilies? Those are the most dramatic! The garden looks like it rained dead octopuses after the slightest first frost.
😂 Haha! I can imagine. I only grew them once. It wasn't a success. I may have to try them again, just for the dead octopus look 😂