Hints & tips for planting this month

Planning autumn planting

Start planning that new border. Look for plants with a long flowering period and those that have two or more seasons of interest with flowers, fruit, colourful stems and interesting foliage. Choose plants with different foliage colours and shapes and remember that while evergreens help bring structure and winter interest they may need livening up with deciduous plants. Use winter and spring bedding plants to increase the seasons of interest and plant bulbs for extra splashes of colour.

Planted containers

Keep your garden looking bright and colourful by adding some new containers planted ready for autumn colour. Plant them up yourself with favourites like pansies, evergreen shrubs such as euonymus and under plant with spring-flowering bulbs. Or make it really easy by taking home our ready-planted containers.

Pruning

Many summer-flowering plants that have finished flowering can be cut back now and may produce further flushes of flowers. After pruning give the plants a quick pick-me-up by watering on a high potash liquid feed. Don’t forget to pick up any pruning tools you need.

Roses

Remember to check your roses regularly for pests and blackspot and other diseases, spray if necessary with a recommended fungicide and/or insecticide. If your garden is in need of some flower power, roses are the perfect solution. We have plenty of quality potted roses in stock.