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Your garden
Your Garden In October
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Autumn is officially here! October, in all its glory, gives us a wonderful display of colours. The trees are beginning to lose their leaves in abundance as they become dormant for winter, telling us that the change of season is in full swing. The days are much shorter and PLANT TREES AND SHRUBS LOOKING GOOD THIS MONTH... cooler and we can feel autumn October is the ideal month to Conifers chill in the air. Although trees are plant trees and shrubs. Although the stars of the month, October the container grown plants can is time to think about how the be planted at any time of the year garden will look when it wakes they are easier to care for if from hibernation. planted in the autumn or winter. The ground is damp and still There are plants to be cut back warm which gives the perfect and left tidy for the winter, shrubs conditions to allow roots to to be planted or moved, summer become established before winter plants to be removed and sets in. replaced with winter hardy bedding, bulbs to be strategically placed in borders and the lawn WHY SHOULD YOU PLANT THEM? to be fed and given its final mow Conifers are hardy evergreen October may bring with it the trees and shrubs that suit any beginning of quiet times for the garden. They come in a huge garden – but not for the gardener. range of shape and sizes and textures and the colour can be TIDY PERENNIALS anything from yellow or light Perennials are not difficult plants PLANT AUTUMN BEDDING green through to dark green and to care for, but trimming them Any remaining summer bedding blue. Easy to care for and long after flowering finishes in autumn will be looking very tired by now lasting, conifers are the ideal helps to improve their appearance and is best cleared and replaced choice for any gardener looking and give a boost to next year’s for a fresher display. Autumn for a low maintenance but high flowering. Using a knife, shears bedding such as pansy and impact plant. or secateurs, cut stems close to primrose will give an instant lift to the ‘crown’ or dormant base of the garden and they look great HOW SHOULD YOU PLANT THEM? the plant. planted between the shrubs in the Dwarf conifers are good for border. Myositis, which produces containers and larger shrubs Any crowded clumps of masses of small flowers with the and trees make good hedging or perennials can also be lifted, little white eyes and Sweet garden features. They are happy divided and replanted. Take the William, which provides a in any soil in the sun or shade. opportunity to remove weeds as colourful carpet of flowers from Newly planted conifers will need you prune before applying a light spring through summer are both watering until established.. After mulch to protect from any hard ideal for over wintering if planted flowering, sheer back dead flower frost. now. stems to keep the plant looking full. 16
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