How To Prepare Borders For Planting
Garden World Preparing a New Bed or Border.
How to prepare borders for planting. The first step is to get rid of the rubbish and dig out tired old shrubs and weeds especially perennial weeds such as thistle nettle bindweed ground elder and couch grass. Now is a great opportunity to. Remove all parts of.
Choose a dry day wrap up warm and dig in. I put it right where the paint is and just cut along there. When perennials get too big lift and divide them to grow your plant collection and prevent overcrowding.
In this clip I am going to cover how to prepare your borders for planting. Plant them in height order with the tallest at the back or in the middle if you can access the border from several directions. Perhaps use the same hedging throughout or repeat evergreen perennials or ornamental grasses in drifts at the front of beds and borders where.
Keep an eye out for weeds and pests but most of all enjoy it. Water the new plants generously then apply mulch to the moistened soil. Leigh Clapp Repetition in garden borders is the easiest way to unify a planting scheme.
The soil in the turves will be nutrient rich and should be re-used. Grab a spade put a few hours aside and cultivate your ground. Mulch provides soil with nutrients retains its.
So for that I use this flat edged tool. Theyre ready to plant. Preparing the border for planting.