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What to do now... weekly checklists

Planting lily bulbs

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Job of the week

Plant lily bulbs in a pot

If your garden suffers from gaps during the summer, why not use lilies to add a temporary, but timely, burst of colour? Plant bulbs into pots in spring and you can simply drop them - pot and all - into displays on the patio, or even into the border.

Takes just: 20 minutes

Flowers

Sowing sunflowers into the ground
  • Plant groups of gladioli corms in borders
  • Trim winter-flowering heathers
  • Pick off faded flower heads from hyacinths
  • See all flowers jobs

Fruit and veg

Placing collars around young brassica plant
  • Place card collars around the stems of brassicas
  • Sow pots of herbs such as parsley, coriander and basil
  • Plant out early potatoes, onion sets and shallots
  • See all fruit & veg jobs

Greenhouse

Potting up young lupin plants
  • Pot up rooted cuttings and young plants
  • Sow summer bedding, such as tagetes and dahlias
  • Water pots and trays of seedlings
  • See all greenhouse jobs

Around the garden

Painting fence with preservative
  • Treat timber fences, trellis and posts with preservative
  • Install water butts to all downpipes on your house
  • Apply moss killer to lawns
  • See all around the garden jobs

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