Today 
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
- 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
- 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
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Greenhouse
- Pot up rooted cuttings and young plants
- Sow summer bedding, such as tagetes and dahlias
- Water pots and trays of seedlings
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Around the garden
- 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
