| AREA | PLANT | ADVICE |
| FLOWERS | ROSES | If you enjoy the colour of rose hips in the autumn then dont dead head too vigorously. |
| CHRISTMAS CACTUS | If your plant has been outside for the summer now is the time to bring it in and reduce the amount of water you give it as this will encourage flowers nearer christmas | |
| POTTED PLANTS | Any plants in pots will not need watering as much. If you have some potted plants that will not survive the winter outside and you have nowhere indoors to put them give them to a friend with a greenhouse rather than let them die. | |
| BEDDING PLANTS | Take some cuttings for next year | |
| SWEET PEAS | Leave some flowers to turn to seed pods for next years plants. | |
| SUNFLOWERS | Get ready to cut the heads off your sunflowers and let them dry naturally. Keep some seeds for next year and give the birds in your garden a treat with the remainder. | |
| HYACINTHS | Try planting them in glass bowls for a change as the roots can look very attractive, prepare the bottom of the bowl with some nice stones or rocks put the bulbs in with a little moss on top and watch them grow. | |
| WALLFLOWERS | Can be planted out now along with tulips, lilies and daffodils. | |
| FRUIT | PEACHES | Prune your branches that have produced fruit and tie back the new growth. |
| BLACKCURRANTS | Prune back about a quarter from the old stems. Also prune back any damaged stems. | |
| STRAWBERRIES | The runners will be ready to pot or press firmly into the ground. Cut off the old foliage now that they have finished cropping. | |
| RASPBERRIES | The fruits are over and you should now prune summer varieties down to soil level. Tie up new shoots. | |
| 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. | |
| GREENHOUSE | Go to our new Greenhouse section. | |
| HERBS | Go to our huge Herb section for lots of interesting information. | |
| Harvest winter savory whilst it is in full bloom. Cut within an inch of the ground. | ||
| Wild fennel fruits will soon need covering with muslin or cut the umbels and dry over a bowl to collect the seeds. | ||
| Sow feverfew and camomile where they are to remain. | ||
| Take some cuttings this month and hang up new shoots to dry if this is your prefered method of preservation. Cut off all growth now and preserve for use through the winter. | ||
| HOUSEPLANTS | There is no need to feed your houseplants any longer and they will only need one watering a week. Try taking some cuttings of your favourite plants. Go to the houseplant section for more information and care advice. | |
| SEED SOWING | Spring cabbage, winter lettuce, garlic, turnips and winter spinach. | |
| SHRUBS | Prune back after summer flowers have faded to promote new growth. If your shrub has become rather woody, now is a good time to prune hard so that new shoots this year will produce lots of flowers next year. It is a good time to plant any new shrubs you have bought, water the soil well before you plant and after when the shrub is in | |
| VEGETABLES | GARLIC | Start thinking about and ordering your hardy garlic bulbs. |
| POTATOES | If the weather has been hot at the beginning of this month make sure you water well. | |
| RUNNER BEANS | Dont forget to leave a few pods to mature on the plant so that you will have a good supply of seeds for next year. Water well at night and keep pinching the tips off those straggling shoots. | |
| SPINACH | You can still plant spinach seeds out now. | |
| CELERY | Celery loves lots of water and if you like your stems white then wrap some paper around the stems as they grow to form a collar or alternatively pile up earth. | |
| ONIONS | Onion leaves should be allowed to die down naturally, tease the onions out with a fork, look at the advice on shallots. Start thinking about and ordering for your Autumn planting. | |
| SWEETCORN | When the tassels turn brown on the cobs it is time to harvest them. As with all vegetables pick and cook the same day if possible as you will benefit from all the nutrients. The sugar in sweetcorn can turn to starch if they are stored. | |
| TOMATOES | Nip off the tops of your tomato plants, cut off some of the large lower leaves and make sure there are no side shoots, water well at night. As the fruits ripen take them off as this will encourage the plants energies into the newer fruit. |