Garden Calendar - January

 

 

January is generally a cold month and often the garden can look a little empty. It’s the best time in the gardening year to sit back, take stock and make plans for the forthcoming gardening year.

Take advantage of dry days to do a little essential garden maintenance and clear away any debris in the borders from the previous season.

If you are lucky enough to have a greenhouse there is plenty of sowing you can be doing to get a head start.

Fruit and Vegetables

Chit early potatoes

Prune Apples, Pears, Currants and Gooseberries

Force early rhubarb and chicory

Sow early veg under cover: for example, Leek Edison, Onion Unwins Exhibition, Strawberry Temptation, Tomato Moneymaker, Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudi

 

Around The Garden

Take root cuttings from perennials including oriental poppies, pulsatilla and echinops

Keep a check on newly planted roses and shrubs

Knock fallen snow from trees and shrubs to prevent their branches snapping under the weight

Check newly planted shrubs

Plan big jobs like hard landscaping or makeovers

Aeriate lawn taking care not to stand on waterlogged areas

Keep plants in containers protected from frost and check weekly to see whether they need watering

Feed established trees in late January with Growmore Garden Fertiliser

 

Plants To Enjoy This Month

• Witch Hazel
• Dogwoods
• Gaultheria
• Helleborus niger
• Cornus-alba-sibirica