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Gardener’s Calendar Roses aren’t the only plants to get blackspot.

Top Tip:

It’s a kind of fungal infection which weakens the plant and at this time of year hellebores – a winter favourite - are particularly vulnerable to it. As with roses the only answer is to remove any leaves which have black blotches and bin them. (Don’t compost as this will only spread the rot). Keep deadheading winter pansies to encourage more flowers. You can prune roses now while they are still dormant. Cut back branches to just above a bud, cutting on a slope to avoid wet lying on the surface. Cut old sedums back now but watch out for new growth which may be starting to push through. You can push bare-root fruit canes into rich soil now, so long as the ground is not frozen.

If you have ivy or other climbers which need pruning, trim them now before birds start nesting in them.