January is a brilliant time for getting jobs done in the garden that you’ve put off for months. I like to stay warm by shifting shrubs that need a new home, giving the greenhouse a proper clean and refresh, and planting new trees while they can really settle in. These are the sorts of jobs that make a huge difference later in the year, even if the garden looks quiet for now.
January is also a time to pause and appreciate the garden’s more subtle beauty. The stunning bark of silver birches really comes into its own, and frost-covered topiary can look absolutely magical in the early morning light.
When the temperatures really drop, I turn my attention indoors, checking on my houseplants and making sure they’re happy through winter, and I’ll be sharing a few of my personal favourites with you along the way.
ALAN IS USING:
All tools from Spear and Jackson – https://rb.gy/6wl4lh
Multi-Purpose Compost, soil improver and mulching bark from Melcourt – https://rb.gy/f57db8
Outdoor Plants, Indoor plants and Pots from Blue Diamond Garden Centres – https://rb.gy/0ehb4p
Hose from Gardena – https://rb.gy/ud9afv
Outdoor dining set and bench, potting bench, planters and tall veg planter from Forest Garden – https://rb.gy/0ihsne
0:00 – Introduction
0:23 – How to Move Shrubs
9:33 – Cleaning & Maintaining The Greenhouse
15:24 – My Favourite Houseplants
27:36 – Picking What Trees to Plant
31:58 – How to Plant a Tree Properly
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17 Comments
We’ve almost had UK like weather in S Florida this week. It’s always nice to see Alan tend to his garden in the old country. An expat in Ft Lauderdale.
Beautiful January garden alan 🌿🪴
Just started reading Knave of Spades: Growing Pains of a Gardener . Exactly on the the page where mr T is working at Kew as an apprentice cleaning the roofs of all the green houses 1969 . In winter But not with a watering can.lol ❤
Well my mum always said it’s got 50/50 chance if planted well ❤
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second-best time is now". Thanks for a great video, Alan. 🌳
Great vlog Alan, please can you do a vlog on a small
Patio garden that has a raised bed . I have searched everywhere, but most videos are American and the so called yards and court gardens’ ’ are huge. I have planters on the ground but clay soil on beds. Please advise 😊
Wonderful to make so much purpose out of a garden while things are in a quieter mode! Thank you, Mr. Titchmarsh for these suggestions, as even here in warmer climates, we still have to prepare for busier seasons ahead! And, in honor of the warm weather we're currently having, I'm planting a new tree today! There is always a place for one. 😍🌳🌺🌼
You are gardening, and I'm here in Pennsylvania dodging falling icesicles and sloshing through 10 inches of snow! Can't even get out my back door! Can't wait for warm weather.
Oh, it's wonderful to watch you do all this from my snowed in home in Southern Michigan! Thank you so much, Mr. Titchmarsh, for all your outstanding programs! Liza
Peaceful and charming as always. I have never seen such beautiful water butts. Everything is beautiful.
I'm not doing much in the garden. We've got a foot of snow on the ground and I'm sure the ground is frozen solid. Or rivers and most lakes are frozen solid. Love from Central Ohio. ❤❤❤
A special lesson!!!
Fantastic
It's February. Look, I am just saying. 🤷♀ No, I would not say that Alan is a bit slow. 🤭🤣🤐
Very good video as usual.
I wonder if you could help, Alan. I'm loving gardening but I'm quite new to it and my elderly parents Buddleia blew over and snapped and they'd like to replace it with a couple of mophead Hydrangeas.
I'll be doing it for them, but it's at the front with only a small 3 foot wall there, and so it might be more exposed to wind than ideal. Sun wise it's not so bad as its South facing so they'd get morning sun but some protection from the side from the afternoon sun.
From my research, it looks like Lacecap would deal better but they much prefer Mopheads (and so do I!) Could you recommend a mophead variety that would cope best in that situation?
Stop regurgitating older videos 🥱
Always good to see blue diamond garden centres being plugged. Far better than cherry lane in my opinion.
Dear Alan,
Thank you for your videos that never fail to cheer one up even when the weather is grey and wet. Regarding the beech trees you showed that are planted in your garden @ 29:21 , am I right in thinking that there are no leaves on the tree where it catches the most wind and that the leaves are retained where it is more sheltered?