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Things to do this Week

1 Plant evergreen trees and shrubs and put up windbreaks to protect new trees and shrubs.

2 Trim grey-leaved shrubs to keep them bushy.

3 Stake tall-growing perennials and deadhead daffodils and primroses.

4 Sow globe artichokes, which can be planted out on light or loamy soil in full sun.

5 Tomato plants started in January should be ready to move into their final pots or be planted directly into a glasshouse border.

6 Continue to lift and divide clumps of congested perennials and grasses.

7 Cut back lavatera hard, as new shoots will soon appear.

8 Tear off rose sucker shoots growing from below the point where the variety is grafted on to the rootstock, where you see a lumpy bit on the main stem.