What to do in the garden for May

• Evergreen shrubs can still be moved
• Spring flowering Camellias can be disbudded for larger flowers
• Tulips and Dutch Iris can be planted now
• Pinch back spring flowering annuals to strengthen growth
• Tidy Hellebores & apply a complete fertilizer + dolomite lime
• Monitor vegetable crops for pests and weeds
• Seedlings of Asian vegetables can be sown till mid May
• Prepare beds for Onion seedlings in late winter
• Plant new Strawberry plants
• Tie up sweet Pea plants
• Rake up fallen leaves and compost
• Try not to buy plastic wrapped early Roses as the frosts will burn them