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February Tips

Flowers
Lightly trim winter flowering Heathers when the flowers die off.
Divide Snowdrops after flowering.
Plant Lily of the Valley Crowns.
Prune summer flowering shrubs.		  
 
Flowers
Tie in wall trained fruit trees and bushes.
Set Peaches, Vines and Nectarines into growth in a greenhouse.
Check stored fruit and discard any that are rotting.
Complete the pruning of fruit trees.
This is the latest time to spray Mortegg.		  

Flowers
Dig any unworked vacant ground.
Dig and store any root crops still in the ground.
Check stored vegetables and discard any rotting ones.		  
 
Flowers
Keep off in frosty weather.
Ensure that the mower is serviced.
Spike lawns to aid drainage.		  

Flowers
Plant new grape vines.
Check the glass is not loose after high winds.
Sow Sweet pea's for planting out later.
Clean out accumulated rubbish in preparation for spring.
Check that the heating system still works.		  
 
Flowers
Rhododendron Praecox
Garrya Elliptica 'James Roof'
Corylus Avellana 'Contorta'
Helleborus Orientalis
Thuya 'Rheingold'
Bergenia 'Abendglut'
Clematis Armandii		  
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