Although January is often the coldest month, the lengthening hours of daylight post-Solstice mean that the garden is beginning to stir - just a little. As mentioned yesterday, snowdrops begin to appear, but they are not alone. Hellebores, winter pansies, winter aconite and bergenia may also be in bloom, along with winter-flowering shrubs like witchhazel, wintersweet and winter jasmine.
As yet there is not too much to be done in the garden, but there are a few things you can begin to sow in preparation for spring - it's most satisfying to feel you're getting a head start on the growing year.
Winter Blessings and Beauties: Day 76
January in the Garden
Here are some of the things you can sow or begin growing in January:
- Sow sweet peas
- Begin chitting first early potatoes
- Begin forcing rhubarb
- Plant bare root roses
- Sow winter salads under glass
- Sow hardy annual flowers like cornflowers and antirrhinum
If you only have indoor growing space, you can still sow winter salads in containers on a sunny windowsill, or plant amaryllis bulbs in pots on a warm windowsill for beautiful flowers in spring.
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