What to Do in the Garden This Week

Posted on: Monday, 14 July 2008, 03:00 CDT Plant out bulbs of cannas and lilies potted up earlier in the season. Remove the growing points from early peas which have finished flowering to concentrate energies on pod production. Boost gladioli with a liquid feed every two weeks from now through to the first appearance of the flower. Plant 'De Caen' anemone corms under cloches for flowering in the autumn and winter. Deadhead border plants that have finished flowering, such as lupins, to prevent them from setting seed and encourage them to produce a second flush of blooms later in the year. Pot up rooted basal cuttings of delphiniums taken last month. Propagate strawberries from the plantlets that form on the runners. Plunge pots of compost into the ground and peg the plantlets down into the pots with bent wire. You can cut them... [read full story]