Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers, Shrubs, Lawns and Greenhouses - Gardening Jobs for February
Jobs for February
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FruitList Item 1
- Cut down autumn fruited raspberries
- Prune vines, blackcurrants and gooseberries
- Take cuttings of gooseberries and blackcurrants
- Plant fruit trees and fruit bushes
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VegetablesList Item 2
- Plant onion sets and shallots
- Sow seeds of parlsley, carrots and parsnips
- Lime vegetable plots
- Prepare seed beds for vegetables
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FlowersList Item 3
- Divide perennials
- Plant primroses
- Plant snowdrops in the green
- Start dahlia tubers into growth
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ShrubsList Item 4
- Provide frost protection for tender shrubs
- Plant evergreen trees and shrubs if mild
- Mulch shrubs with compost
- Prune winter flowering shrubs if they have finished flowering
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Lawns
- Repair edges
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Greenhouses
- Change or sterilise the soil
- Sow sweetpeas
- If the greenhouse is heated sow tomatoes and bedding plants