- Apple Trees - Prune
- https://www.quickcrop.co.uk/blog/prune-mature-apple-trees/
- https://www.quickcrop.co.uk/blog/introduction-pruning-apple-trees/
- https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=279
- https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=90
- Redcurrant - Prune
- Don't prune until 3 yrs old. Fruit is produced on 2-3 year old stems.
- Leave this year's branches alone completely
- Prune out to ground level all stems which are older then three years old. Should be one or two.
- Cut back Any drooping or nearly touching the ground
- Prune any weak or damaged stems to healthy wood
- Two year old main stems should have their side shoots pruned back to two buds from the main stem to encourage growth
- Hydrangea (climbing)
- Prune for strength and direction
- Native Hedging - prune for growth. In future this will vary per type for maintenance
March (Early, after frost threat)
- Hydrangea (mophead)
- Remove dead flowerheads
- Cut back to the first pair of strong buds below a flowerhead
- Remove any dead, damaged, or crossing stems
- Cut out one or two of the oldest stems at the base
- Fuchsia
- Prune - Cut back the previous year's flowering stems to within one or two buds of the older woody framework. Also remove any thin, weak or dead growth.
- Redcurrant
- Feed - 2 good handfuls of blood, fish and bone worked into the topsoil
- Mulch
- Feed and mulch all shrubs
- Weeding (and every month after)
- (March and April?) Wildflowers mown twice in spring, before May? When poppies?
May
- Camellia (April? Right after flowering) - Prune if needed to shape
- Viburnum (April? Right after flowering) - Prune if needed to shape
- Aphid Pest Control - Apple trees, Native hedging, check all
June
- Rhododendrons (Right after flowering) - Deadhead and prune. See https://www.finegardening.com/article/3-ways-to-prune-rhododendrons
- Pyracantha - Prune after flowering to keep shape
July
- (Mid July) Apple Trees
- Remove green shoots from trunks/ branches you don't want as leaders
- Thin apples, 1 per 15cm
August
- Escallonia (After flowering) - Prune if needed to shape
- Climbing Hydrangea (After flowering) - Prune if needed, stagger harder prunes across years
September
- (After last flowers) Chop/mow wildflowers without mower box, leave cuttings 2 to 3 weeks, then remove.
October
- Garlic - plant
- Berberis (Nov? After berries) - Prune if needed to shape
- Plant bulbs and shrubs
- (Nov?) Mow wildflowers normally when doing last mow of lawn
- Buddleja -Prune back hard to 30cm. Short, strong framework of five to six main branches.
