Then plant a couple of dwarf coronet apple trees in large containers or amongst existing trees and shrubs. Coronet apple trees are reliable croppers with excellent eating varieties like James grieve, Katy, beauty of bath, elisions orange and discovery. Bred for taste and compact shape coronets are a winner. Feed, weed and moss kill your lawn with Scott's renovator, which kills un wanted broadleaved weeds and moss, greens your lawn without forcing growth. Sow new lawns now with green velvet dwarf lawn seed.
Green velvet creates a rich green sward which is easy to maintain and requires less mowing.
Treat your roses with a dressing of rose plus fertiliser once a month and prevent pests and diseases by spraying with rose clear every two weeks. Protect all your young bedding and vegetable plants with a dressing of slug pellets or slug liquid. Remember slugs and snails relish all soft new growth and can devour your plants over night. Protect young dahlias, salvias, and new growth on existing trees and shrubs, from flea beetle damage. Apply a systemic insecticide now and in two weeks time.