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Gardening in September
Autumn is here, the children are back to school and the evenings are a little cooler. For some of us, especially in the Garden Centre industry, this is the time when we look ahead to Christmas and start putting out our decorations and artificial trees in store – because it’s never too early right?
However, there is plenty still to do in the garden and we can now plan for the Spring too with bulbs starting to fill up the shelves in stores. Don’t forget to enjoy the sweet delights that nature gives us for free too, get out and pick those blackberries! Depending on where they are located, whether it’s a super sunny or shady spot you can start collecting them from as early as the first week of September.
OUR TOP TIPS
- Pick your Spring Flowering Bulbs, our top picks to plant this month are:
- Hyacinths
- Crocus
- Alliums
- Narcissi
- Plant prepared indoor hyacinth bulbs for Christmas flowering
- Transplant evergreen shrubs and conifers
- Brighten up your container and flower beds with Spring bedding such as pansies, violas, sedums and chrysanthemums
WILDLIFE GARDENING
- Clean out birdbaths to prevent the risk of disease and keep them topped up
- Replenish birdfeeders. The breeding season is not yet over, so avoid large chunks and peanuts. Discover our bird feed here >
- Leave some seed heads standing, rather than cutting them back, to provide food and shelter for wildlife
- Give meadows a final cut before the winter, aiming for 7.5cm (3in) height, and letting the clippings lie for a couple of days before raking to allow wildlife to crawl out
GENERAL GARDENING
- Divide herbaceous perennials once they are dormant
- Digitalis (Foxglove) – once they have finished flowering, you can either keep the seedpods for harvesting next year or you can cut them back, the re-plant them in a different position for next year.
- Collect and sow seed from perennials and hardy annuals
- Dig up any remaining potatoes before the slugs spoil them
- Put a net over your pond to protect from falling leaves
- Keep up with watering your flowers and new plants, using rain if possible
- Start reducing the frequency of watering houseplants, if you have any outside, start bringing them inside before the weather turns too cold
- Deadhead roses regularly
- Raise your containers off the ground slightly using small pieces of wood to allow them to drain more freely as the days become increasingly wet
- Clear up any fallen leaves and other dead plant material to prevent diseases over wintering and remove shelter for Vine Weevils
OUR TOP OFFERS THIS MONTH
PLANTS & BULBS:
- Browse our range of Spring Flowering bulbs
- Get 5 for £12 on selected 1L Pansy Trailing, £2.99 each
- 10 for £20 on Pansy 1L Pots, £2.49 each
- Add the pretty Violas to your bedding, 4 for £14 or £3.99 each
- Primrose 10.5cm pots, 10 for £12.50
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
- Weber and Grillstream BBQs are now back in stock, browse the range here!
- Keep the warm evenings going with our stylish fire pits
- Check out our brand new range of Sophie Allport homeware
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