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GARDEN CALENDAR Each month we bring you a simple checklist for the jobs that need doing to keep your Telford garden looking its very best!

PLANTS Prune your climbing and rambling roses once they have finished flowering Deadhead your flowering borders often to encourage further flowering Deal with perennial weeds by digging out or treating with weedkiller containing glyphosate Start to plant your spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils Deadhead, water and feed your hanging baskets, especially on hot summer days Sow hardy annuals directly into your borders to ensure a blooming display next summer Prune your wisteria and flowering shrubs such as Pyracantha Watch out for signs of Vine Weevil grub infestation treat vulnerable plants with biological products

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