With a new year now blooming, many of us will use this as an opportunity to look at our gardens with fresh eyes and a newborn inspiration to love and nurture it even more in this fresh, new year!
We do of course have the regular gardening jobs to do this month still to maintain the plants, ponds and greenery around us, we have covered the key care tips for your garden in January below …
General Gardening Jobs in January
With the festive season now a distant memory, don’t forget to use your Christmas tree as mulch by putting through a good shredder.
- Improve the growing environment for your plants by cleaning your glass or plastic greenhouse, cleaning the glass, gutters and any water butts which may need it. This will prepare you for the season ahead!
- If the patio needs some TLC now is the perfect time to do it! You have two good options here, a pressure washer or good old fashioned elbow grease to remove the slime which forms over the winter months.
- Feed the hungry birds with food and water on a regular basis this month.
- Cultivate any patches of soil which haven’t been already.
- If you have seen the white stuff ‘snow!’ in your garden, try not to walk across the lawn, with the frozen grass and heavy footprints, could lead to damage underneath.
January Flower Garden Jobs
- Helleborus plants need some love this month, simply remove leaves to help give the wonderful blooms more room to flourish and for everyone to admire.
- Sedums will need to be cut down this month, making sure not to damage any new growth.
- Faded winter pansies can be removed which will then prevent them setting seed again.
- Any rose bushes, whilst dormant, can be cut back right to the bud removing any dead or damaged branches in the process.
- This is however the perfect time to begin planting your bare root rose bushes in time for them to get established. Plant them in a nice warm area of the garden so that you wont need to move them throughout the seasons.
- Cut your Wisteria plant to two-three buds in January.
Beautiful Flowering Plants In January
January can be a wonderful time to see the garden with fresh eyes, and some plants will grace us with lovely interest throughout the month of January that are a must if you want to make the most of your garden this month!
We have handpicked our favourite plants to have this January and are sure you wont be disappointed:
Helleborus Niger – Flowering stunning pure white, bowl shaped flowers in January to February.
Mahonia ‘Winter Sun’ – Long stalks of tiny, summer yellow flowers in November all the way through to March!
Sarcococca Confusa – Highly scented, small white flowers from December through to March.