Some tips for gardening in February
Garden Tasks for February
- Finish Planting trees and shrubs. The earlier trees and shrubs can be planted the better
- Prepare Soil. If the soil is not frozen it is a good time to prepare the soil through digging where necessary.
- Finish Pruning of Roses or other shrubs
- Towards the end of February, you can start dahlia tubers and similar tubers such gloxina and Begonias indoors.
Vegetable Garden in February
- Sow early crops under glass. Early vegetables can included mustard, cress, parsnips, broad beans and lettuce.
- Towards end of the month you can start thinning out seedlings
- Prune Autumn fruiting Raspberries. Autumn producing raspberries want to be cut back to 6 inches as they fruit on new growth.
A bed of crocus
Things to Enjoy in the February Garden
- Early bulbs – snowdrops, crocus, early daffodills.
- Early primulas –
- Early pansies
- Camellia Japonica
- Daphne
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