What your garden needs in April

What your garden needs in April

Top 10 tips for your garden this time of the year

The previous year has taught us to appreciate our gardens more than ever. We are spending as much time in them as possible, but, they don't look after themselves!

Follow these top tips on what you should do to your garden in April.

  1. Keep weeds under control.
  2. Protect fruit blossom from late frosts.
  3. Tie in climbing and rambling roses.
  4. Sow hardy annuals, herbs and wild flower seeds outdoors.
  5. Start to feed citrus plants.
  6. Increase water given to house plants.
  7. Feed hungry shrubs and roses.
  8. Sow new lawns or repair bare patches.
  9. Prune fig trees.
  10. Divide bamboo and waterlilies.


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