“Nature’s first green is gold…,” wrote Robert Frost and indeed, as soon as the spring sun bursts through the winter clouds conveying shards of warmth, it’s a joy to get back into the garden.
With gumboots on and new gardening gloves poised at the ready, the way to revitalise your early spring garden is by feeding your plants with organic-based general fertilisers. These are most suitable for your garden beds, while slow-release liquid feeds are best for your potted plants.
To ensure luscious growth and bountiful colour in your pots, it is also a good idea to re-pot your over-grown plants while also ensuring that all your potted beauties are topped-up with high-quality potting mix.
We all love lazing about on the lawn as the weather heats up, and spring is an opportune time for laying new grass and specialised, high-nitrogen fertilisers are ideal for rejuvenating the existing family green.
A final touch of TLC, to excite regrowth and fulfil your first escapade back into the garden, is to spend some time pruning your camellias into shape and to tip-prune other flowering plants that bloom in the late winter/ early spring.
