Gardening expert Monty Don has shared which two flowers you should cut back now to ensure great blooms next year. In what has felt like a lifetime, spring has finally arrived and that means lots of jobs to do in your garden to make sure it's looking its best for those lazy summer days and hazy evenings. However, alongside this, gardeners will also need to be thinking ahead to next year's bloom too.
Believe it or not, some jobs you should undertake this month will have a big impact on your plants for spring 2025 according to TV presenter, author, and overall gardening expert Monty Don. Proud 'yes mum' on why she lets kids stay up until 1am and has sleepovers all the time Frankie Bridge’s best high-street looks you can buy from M&S, New Look and more Writing on his blog explaining what jobs are essential this May for gardeners, Monty Don pointed out that by pruning and deadheading certain flowers, you can guarantee yourself a cracking bloom next year. The first flower is the tulip.
If you have tulips in your garden you are likely to have been treated to a stunning display already this year. This is because they typically bloom from March to April, although some varieties are a little later. Monty says if you have tulips growing in your borders then you should "deadhead" them once they have past their best.
All this consists of is removing the dead flower head from the plant. Monty explained: "This will stop the development of seed so that all the energy goes into forming new .
