Garden Tips

• If you need more plants, it is the right time to split an existing plant into four or more smaller pieces and replant each of them at your desired locations.
• It is the time to plant bulbs that can bear flowers in the spring. You can also plant summer flowering bulbs, however the most appropriate time for them is spring. Mulching is necessary for the protection and propagation of the plants.
• Most trees and shrubs find the season suitable for plantation. However, Birches and some other plants may need containers for better plantation.
• While evergreen plants are usually planted in the spring, deciduous plants, if planted in the fall, will root nicely during winter and start growing well in spring.
• Water your plants deeply and avoid fertilization for a fully mature garden in all year round.

Garden Tips for Summer

• Early summer is the ideal time for indoor gardening when you start planting containers, like window boxes, patio pots and hanging baskets. You can also put plant containers outside because there is no threat of frost.
• Deadheading is usually a job done in spring, but you need to do it in summer also, especially with certain kinds of self-seeding flowers.
• This is the time to keep a watch over all kinds of pest and use tips and techniques for pest control. Protect your roses from the advent of aphids and mildew and also make arrangements to keep away rabbits, deers and other big pests.
• For climbers and tall, herbaceous plants, make arrangements for a support system in order to maintain control over their growth as well as to give a neat appearance to your garden.
• Water you plants deeply and more often in order to enable them sustain in hot weather conditions.
• This is the time to plant spring flowering bulbs, such as colchicum and sow hardy annuals like lupines and biennials like forget-me-nots. This is also the time to harvest most of your vegetables.
• Some shrubs like lilac, which blossom in the spring and early summer, may need pruning to maintain their lovely appearance every season.