Gardening jobs for the week ahead - plant those spring bulbs
If you want to stop debris accumulating in your pond, cover the surface with a net.
Clean out cold frames and greenhouses ahead of autumn sowing and growing.
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Hide AdPlant spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils, crocus and hyacinths.
Continue to feed and deadhead hanging-basket and container plants (pictured) – they will often keep going until the first frost.
Divide summer-flowering herbaceous perennials as the weather cools.
Prune climbing roses and rambling roses once they’ve finished flowering (unless they are repeat-flowering varieties, in which case leave them until later in the year).
Keep camellias and rhododendrons well watered to ensure that next year’s buds develop well.