terça-feira, 1 de março de 2011

Gardener's Calendar in March

Lawns:
Apply selective weedkillers. Apply acid fertilizer if clover is present.

Trees and shrubs:
Prune or trim shrubs as necessary. Plant bamboos.

Flowers from seeds:
Sow hardy and half hardy annuals; sow biennials. plant half hardy and tender annuals late in the month.

Hardy border flowers:
Continue staking; thin shoots where required; lift and replant polyanthus.

Bulbs:
Mulch lilies and spray against botrytis disease. Lift and heel in biulbs wich have been used in spring bedding. Plant crinums.

Palm trees:
Apply treatment against the Red Palm Weevil.

Based on "Gardener's Calendar" by Roy Hay adapted for Portugal.