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Gardening

April in the Garden

GARDEN CHORES NEATEN UP
FOR THIS MONTH • Prune hedges into shape.

• Overseed lawns that get frost in winter. • Deadhead spent rose blooms to
encourage more flowers – and use a
Water in Vermi-pellets.
• Split large clumps of rhizomatous and preventative spray for downy mildew
during cool, damp periods.
bulbous clump-forming plants like • Spike lawn areas with a garden fork
watsonias, wild garlic, dietes (wild iris) and where the soil is compacting to allow
agapanthus. Divide overcrowded or tired- time for the grass to recover before the
looking groundcovers and perennials cold season begins. Use a spike roller
like gaura, perennial lobelia and phlox; every few years to aerate your lawn if
replant the younger outer growth in well- there’s extensive compacting.
prepared soil.
• Clean out water features and paint if ON YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR APRIL
PLANT AND SOW
required.
• Plant easy-to-grow beauties such as
calendulas, primulas, poppies, pansies
and violas, and Namaqualand daisies.
• Sow vegetables such as broad beans, peas,
cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, onions, and
turnips.
• Harvest root vegetables such as potatoes,
beetroot, and carrots. Dry them out over a
few days and then store them.
• Now’s the time to prepare your beds
for sowing sweet peas so you can look
forward to filling your home with these
fragrant blooms in spring.

Photo by Sandra Alekseeva on Unsplash Photo by David Holifield on Unsplash Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash

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Fourways Gardens • 20 • April 2022