Jobs to do in the garden this month…
Lift dahlia tubers, begonia tubers and gladioli corms to store over the winter months
Take hardwood cuttings from deciduous shrubs now.
Prune rambling and climbing roses once they've finished flowering, and tie in the stems before autumn winds cause damage.
Collect seeds from summer-flowering plants for planting next year
Sow your sweet peas seeds now, to ensure larger, more robust and earlier flowering plants next spring
Dig up any scented-leaf pelargoniums still outside and pot them up as winter houseplants
Look after the birds; clean the feeders, keep them topped up and put out some water
You can continue to plant spring bulbs in the still-warm ground
Alliums are happiest planted while the soil is still a little warm in early-mid Autumn
Lift and divide any overcrowded herbaceous perennials whilst the soil is still warm
Clear up fallen rose leaves to prevent diseases such as black spot from over-wintering
This month is the ideal time to plant hedges, and move trees and shrubs
Gail Sheppard