Is there an app that helps beginners like me?

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We had our garden ‘landscaped’ (ie had the patio done and some raised beds put in) this year and I’ve enjoyed choosing and planting quite a number of plants so far.

Is there an app where I can enter the plants I’ve bought and it breaks down month by month or week by week what jobs I should be doing to keep them looking at their best? For example, pruning? I have that many new plants I’m struggling to understand and would like to make sure I’m doing my best for them.

If not an app, any other systems that work well for people?

I’m happy to pay a bit.

RHS app does exactly this.

Are you on Instagram? This is easily done for free if you follow someone who does reminder clips.

I follow someone who is good, if are on there and would like her name I’ll have a look.

I’d appreciate that, thank you.

Brilliant, thank you. Not sure why I didn’t think to look at that one. I’ll check it out.

Look for Emmas Allotment Diaries on tiktok, youtube or Instagram. She doesnt just do allotment stuff, garden plants too. :)

No worries found her - pollyanna_wilkinson

With an @ in front of her name. She has around 500k followers so you know you have the right person, she does what to do this month. Very accessible

There’s an app called IRIS which gives you a month by month care schedule for the plants you add.

Maybe it might be worth buying a gardening book? You can usually pick them up cheaply at charity shops, car boot sales and on ebay. They usually have sections with common plants named and how to care for them, and also sections on pruning, fertilising and soil, pests & diseases, annuals, perennials, shrubs & trees, tools, etc.

If you buy a book and read it from cover to cover you will learn a lot more far more quickly than if you look one plant up at a time.