Gardening calendar: February jobs

Tips and tasks for a beautiful February garden

Braving icy February temperatures to enforce late-winter bramble control will stop them taking over your garden come the summer. Now's also the prime time to see to your tools and plant a hedge.

Here's your to-do list for the garden in February:

Admire orchids

Sow bedding plants

Hunt out brambles

Plant a hedge

See to your tools

Prune shrubs

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