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Gardening Tips

The weather is perfect at the moment for spring bulbs, and it’s not too late to add a splash of colour into your garden. Iris, Narcissi, Tulip and Daffodil bulbs (if you are high enough) are still available in places like Maxmat and local garden centres. However, you do have to be careful and test them as the bulbs need to be firm to the touch and not soft or squishy. Freesias are ideal out here as they multiply so quickly that within a couple of years, they will have set themselves across your garden. And nothing beats them for colour or smell.
Once you’ve got your bulbs in now is the perfect time to trim back bushes and shrubs, collect dead leaves and give lawns a feed and borders a good composting. Your roses will thank you for it. Prune out any dead wood, tie back any straggly loose ends and if you are thinking of creating a new border, now is the time to dig it, when the soil is softer and malleable.
It’s also a time to be ruthless. Dig out old woody shrubs and no longer flowering perennials. I know we all have favourites, but sometimes we have to say goodbye and make up for it by visiting one of the local nurseries or market stalls. You may have to hunt around a little bit, but it’s well worth the effort and cultivate your stallholders. The more you go back, the more they will value you and small discounts here and there are always well appreciated.
Finally, get some inspiration and visit some of the island’s gardens, especially hotel gardens whose planting and plants may give you that little spark you need.