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MARCH IN THE GARDEN
Inspiration, tips and planting ideas
[spring]
Planting now with 25% off
What to plant for early spring colour
The growing season has begun - but not all plants will leap into action at the same time. Therefore, if you want to get the season off to a colourful start, make sure your garden has a good share of ‘early risers’. If you’ve got the space, cherry blossoms, magnolias and hawthorns are fabulous trees that will form the centrepiece of the spring display, while in small to medium-sized gardens, quinces, camellias, exochordas and viburnums are all at their best at this time of the year. Even tiny spaces can have their share of vibrant spring colour - just add some hellebores, erysimums and euphorbias.
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Definitive guide to dahlias
Potting up dahlias, advice from Jenny at the Laundry Garden
When March comes around it is time to pot up your dahlias. Wait until late April or even early May to plant them directly in the ground. This is when the ground is much warmer, and the danger of frost has passed.
When the weather is right and you are ready to pot them up, before you do anything else, go out and buy some labels. If you buy different types of dahlias, once they're out of the package, you won't know which is which.
This is particularly important if you're planning to work your dahlias into different colour schemes. So, learn from my mistakes. Write your label before you remove the tuber from the compostable packaging.
Starting your dahlia tubers off in pots is a good idea to give them a head start and some early protection from slugs. At this critical stage, when the shoots are just emerging, they are at their tastiest. This is generally my favourite method.
Choose a free-draining compost as you don't want anything to hold moisture against the tuber. Part fill your pot with compost and place your whole tuber beneath the soil. Bury the whole tuber up to the stalk. Keep the little stalk of the plant’s previous year’s growth (usually indicated by a cut edge) to be slightly poking out.
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Mulching & strulching
Get wicked with weeds
It’s not just our prized perennials that are bursting with energy, because all those pesky weeds are also looking for a foothold now. A generous application of mulch will help stop them going bonkers in the borders, but you’ll still need to be on the lookout for any unwanted seedlings popping up here and there. Most are easy to pull out by hand while they’re still small, and larger areas can be tackled with a trowel, hori hori or hoe. It may not be everyone's favourite job, but if you get to grips with them now, you’ll have a lot less maintenance to do throughout the summer.
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Advice from No-Dig pioneer Charles Dowding
Starting a kitchen garden
Freshly-picked, home-grown fruit and vegetables will always taste better than those you buy in the shops - and being able to watch them grow and ripen, ready for harvest is also an incredibly rewarding experience. This month we launch our partnership with no-dig pioneer Charles Dowding to learn about successful vegetable growing.
For a beginner, Charles advises the best option is to start small with just one bed, say 1.2 x 2.4 m / 4 x 8ft. Small areas concentrate your time and resources, and make management easier. Harvests are often just as plentiful as from larger areas that are less intensively cropped.
The process to create a no-dig bed is straightforward. Simply lay down a light-excluding mulch (eg cardboard) and then cover with your desired or available amount of compost. If you have many vigorous perennial weeds you may need to lay compost and then a polythene/membrane cover on top of that. With no dig, you can plant straight into compost, so a new bed is ready for planting as soon as it has been made.
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Favourites for March
Inspiration from Plant Doctor Helen
Resident plant doctor Helen has been sharing her gardening pearls of wisdom with us for many years. This month Helen inspires us with her favourite plants for March and the perfect plants to pair them with.
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[helens_march_choice]
[magnolia]
[vinca]
[pulmonaria]
[Magnolia × soulangeana]
[Vinca minor
'Gertrude Jekyll']
[Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign']
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Wellbeing membership
The Outside In Box
This month is all about the PLANTS and getting your hands dirty. We are going to take our precious houseplants a step further this month and teach you how to create a gorgeous houseplant display that will bring the outside in.
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