Garden Calendar - December
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December is quite a quiet month in the gardening calendar although on dry days there is always digging and preparation to be done for next year.
The garden can be a great source of Christmas decorations. Collect decorative seed heads, holly and ivy to create your own, stunning festive decorations.
Fruit and Vegetables
- Spray fruit trees
- Sow windowsill crops including herbs and salad leaves
- Grow sprouting seeds
Jobs Around The Garden
- Protect plants and pots from frost by placing inside or wrapping in horticultural fleece
- Water houseplants sparingly
- Clean house plants regularly to keep the leaves free of dust
- Continue to tidy the borders removing dead foliage and debris and cutting back overgrown plants
- After heavy winter rain, top up mulches around the base of your trees
- Don’t add fertiliser or plant food at this time of year as it could promote early growth that would be affected by frost and freezing winds
- Finish planting bare root roses
- Lightly dig over any bare areas of ground taking care not to damage any plant roots that may be present
- If your soil is poor then add some Premium Garden Soil and work this into the soil
Plants To Enjoy This Month
- Hellerborus niger – the Christmas Rose
- Holly
- Christmas box