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Nagnolia Stellata
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Magnolia, magnifecent tree or shrub, bearing exotic flowers. Spectucar as specimen tree or grown against walls. Water freely in dry spells. Mulch in April. Feed with bonemeal fertiliser if growth is slow. Remove outward growing shoots. It likes acid soil. magnlia stellata flowers early-mid spring with silky star shaped pure white buds.A pretty shrub for the spring garden.
April
Lawns: Sow seeds and protect with cotton. Move established lawns with blades at medium height. Apply a fertiliser follwed after 14 days by a selective weed killer
Shrubs: Transplat evergreen trees and shrubs. Layer magnolias hamamelis, Hydrangea paniculata and Chimonanthus paecox. Prune lavander, santolina and Forsythia suspensa.
Roses: Apply a mulch, use weedkiller to keep down weeds.
Rhododendrons: Remove faded flowers. Mulch with peat or garden compost.
Perennials: Support with pea sticks or canes.
Chrysantemums: Harden off cuttings.
Dahlias: Plant tubers. Take cuttings of tubers started into growth in March.
Carnations and Pinks: Feed border plants with general fertiliser, support tender/floppy types.
Annuals: Complete sowing of hardy and half-hardy annuals. Move seedlings pricked off from previous sowing to a cold frame. Watch out for aphids.
Bulbs: Continue to plant gladioli and acid-antheras. Dead head early bulbs.
Lilies: Stake tall lilies as flower buds form.
Rock plants: Divide spring-flowering gentians and saxifrages after flowering.
Water palnts: Plant water lilies and other plants. Overgrown lilies can be lifted and divided. Prick off seedlings of bog primulas.
Heather: Lightly shear winter heathers.
House Plants: Increase watering and give regular feeds. Pot on plants that are root bound, divide if necessary.
Fruit: Feed with Nitro chalk or sulphate of ammonia. Protect trees in flower from late frost with netting. Begin spraying as needed, but not during blossoming.
