Happy Gardening Checklist For February
This is the time to dig up, divide and re-plant perennial plants that have been left to it for a few years for future healthy growth and more and better blooms. It's a good time to plant hedges or shrubs and trees (camellias, azaleas, conifers, shrubs, roses, rhododendrons).

Make sure your seed trays and pots are scrubbed clean and disease-free & start the first sowings in a heated propagator of summer bedding. Those needing an early start include petunias, geraniums, Busy Lizzies and nicotianas.

If you haven't ordered your seeds yet - do it now as time goes fast.
Tomatoes and some other Mediterranean fruits and vegetables can be sown during February in a greenhouse. Make sure to use a seed or multi-purpose compost.
Certain early vegetable varieties such as Amsterdam carrots can already be sown outside - but be careful to cover this with fleece when night frost is expected.
By the end of Feb you can start sowing your herbs & salads.

Scarify and spike your lawns; clear left over leaves to encourage healthy growth.
Propagate shrubs & perennials by taking hardwood or root cuttings.
Happy gardening - it's springtime soon.
SP FEB 06 USA
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