Collection: March plants hints
March Hints
some b*s general introduction
Spring usually starts to arrive across the country in March, and the longer days provide the opportunity
for an increasing range of gardening tasks.
It’s time to get busy preparing seed beds and sowing seed, and it’s your last chance to prune roses.
ToDo
- Buy seed potatoes and chit in trays
- Sow early peas & beans
- Plant summer flowering bulbs
- Plant Gladioli
- Plant fruit & ornamental trees
- Check that newly planted trees are well staked
- Prune roses if not done in February
- Spike wet areas on lawns
- Dig over and prepare the vegetable garden
- Brighten up containers with violas & pansy
Events
| Date... | Event/ Show | Location | Visit Site |
| Sunday, March 01 | Kenway House | Sidmouth, Devon | http://plantfairs.co.uk/ |
| Saturday, March 07 | Plant Heritage North Devon | South Molton Pannier Market, Devon | www.plantheritage |
| Sunday, March 15 | Bishops Palace | Wells, Somerset | www.rareplantfair.co.uk |
| Friday, March 20 | The Generous Gardener | Malmsbury Cirencester Gloucestershire | www.thegenerousgardener.co.uk |
| Friday, March 20 | Digby Hall | Sherbourne Somerset | http://plantfairs.co.uk/ |
| Saturday, March 28 | Yeo Valley Organic Garden | Y.V.O.G Blagdon Somerset | www.somersethps.com |
| 28 to29 March | Cornwall Garden Society | Cornwall Show Ground Wadebridge | www.cornwallgardensociety.org.uk |