September in the Garden

September is a great month in the garden. For many gardeners it is the start of the gardening season - so much to do!

Brief summary of tasks for September

• Take cuttings from shrubs - a great time for easy plants.

• Plant your bulbs now - for a good display next year.

• Bulbs in pots - ready for forcing

• Harvest and store your apples & Pears

• Repair bad patches on the lawn

• Feed the lawn with Autumn Feed - and weed and mosskiller if necessary

• Lay a new lawn - turf or seed.

• Top dress your Lawn

• Get your winter hanging baskets and planters sorted - It will cheer you up!

• Sow some spring greens

• Chose some good pods from your runner beans - for next year's seeds.

• Get your winter pansies, wallflowers and other spring bedding planted - now!

• Dead-head your perennials - cut back all dead growth.

• Dahlias and Chrysanthemums will still need disbudding

• Prune climber and rambler roses which only have one flush of flowers.

• A good month for moving conifers and evergreens - if not too established.

• Plant up some new strawberry beds - yum yum!

• Clean off the greenhouse shading - the light levels will start to drop now.

• Plan a new shrub bed/border to plant this or next month