| AREA | PLANT | ADVICE |
| FLOWERS | PERENNIALS | Divide up and discard any growth which is 3-4 years old, just keep the young growth. |
| CHRISTMAS CACTUS | Light watering | |
| POTTED PLANTS | Discard any dead or dying plants and store terracotta pots inside or in sacking or bubble-wrap away from frosts. | |
| HYACINTHS | Still time to plant some in pots. | |
| WALLFLOWERS | Can be planted out now along with tulips, lilies and daffodils. | |
| FRUIT | BLACKBERRIES | The canes that have borne fruit need to be pruned back. |
| GENERAL | Collect as many seeds as you can from the dead flower heads, put them in a packet in a dark dry place, name and date them ready for next year. | |
| Try not to walk on your lawn at this time of year as the mud will push to the surface especially if it is very wet. | ||
| If you have any tender plants in the garden like Banana or palms take off the outer leaves wrap well in straw and sacking to protect them from frosts and snow. | ||
| GREENHOUSE | Go to our huge Greenhouse section for lots of interesting information. | |
| HERBS | Go to our huge Herb section for lots of interesting information. | |
| Protect any tender herbs with straw or sacking. | ||
| Pots of herbs should be inside by now. | ||
| HOUSEPLANTS | Be careful not to overwater your plants and check that they are not standing in water as this will slowly kill them. | |
| Go to our huge Houseplants section for lots of interesting information. | ||
| SEED SOWING | ||
| SHRUBS | Conifers and hedging will take very well if planted out now. | |
| VEGETABLES | RUNNER BEANS | Cut back to soil level but leave the roots in until next spring and then dig up. |
| SPINACH | You can still plant spinach seeds out now. |