Bulbs

The earlier and less severe months of the winter should ideally have been used to tidy the garden and so hopefully there will be no debris in the way of drifts of leaves or broken branches to contend with, but if there is heavy rain and especially when this is combined with strong winds, there may still be some clearing up to do. If you need to walk on a flower bed, be careful because many bulbs are very much through in the early days of January and if these shoots are damaged, there will be no second chance. If the bulb cannot grow properly, there will be no leaves to store sugars in the bulb for next year and so it may never flower again.