Diary

Spring

• Commence grass cutting programme
• Apply liquid lawn treatments.
• Apply grass seed to bare lawn areas.
• Carry out any necessary granular lawn treatments.
• Apply fertiliser to flowerbeds
• Hard prune Forsythia after flowering.
• Prune early flowering shrubs such Azaleas and Rhododendron after blooming.
• Look out for any evidence of bug attack on leaves
• Cut back Fuchsias to spikey mounds.

Summer

• Prune evergreens such as Boxwoods, Camellia and Junipers.
• Deadhead all blooming plants to encourage new blooms. .
• Prune Wisteria
• Foliage on spring bulbs to be left to wither naturally. This is vital for next year’s display.

Autumn

• Continue dead-heading faded flowers
• Prune hardy herbaceous plants
• Remove fading annuals and summer bedding plants
• Remove dead leaves
• Firm down any newly planted plants that may have been lifted by frost
• Clear up fallen autumn leaves
• Cut back perennials that have died down
• Prune climbing roses
• Apply grass seed to bare lawn areas.

Winter

• Re-edge lawns if required
• Clear basal growth from trees
• Clear ivy from trees and bushes.
• Maintain Ivy growing up walls or fences
• Cut back parking bay plants to 6” inside flowerbeds
• Cut down Pampas to form small spikey mounds, raking out as much of the dead as possible.
• Check tree stakes and ties

These tasks are subject to contract and will vary from site to site.