March Checklist

• Herbs (culinary, medicinal, fragrant) are in good supply for early planting. Groom or divide your established plants.
• As perennials begin growing protect the new shoots from slugs and snails. Consider evening escargot hunts.
• Check your watering system for leaks. If automatic, set a low until our weather warms up.
• Last chance for a good selection of Camellias.
• Start using your compost as a surface mulch around shrubs and perennials.

April Checklist

• This is your first safe opportunity for planting Tomatoes here. Our selection peaks over the next 6 weeks.
• Treat yourself to a new garden hat as the sun reaches higher.
• Prune your deciduous flowering shrubs now, during or after bloom. Examples are Weigela, Lilac, Flowering Quince, Forsythia.
• Acid-loving plants like Camellias, Azales and Rhododendrons are in their growing season. Switch fertilizers now.
• Narcissus (Daffodil) leaves should be kept growing after they bloom in order to come back next year. Tidy them up by tying back, but don't remove them.