Monthly Gardening Advice - May

• Harden off fuchsias and pelargonium to be planted outside, pot on those to be kept in containers.
• Plant out hardy perennials and alpines grown from seed.
• Lift and heel in spring bulbs.
• Increase mowing and deal with weeds among flowers, vegetables and fruits and in the lawn.
• Continue earthing up potatoes.
• Begin planting hanging baskets and tubs.
• Remove faded flowers from rhododendrons, lilacs, camellias, azaleas, and pieris.
• Clip hedges and begin training topiary plants.