Gardening jobs this month: September

What to do in the garden in September, from the gardening experts of Prima and Country Living

From Prima gardening expert Ann-Marie Powell:

■ Lift, divide and replant overgrown clumps of herbaceous perennials.

■ Buy or make a compost bin to take autumn debris.

■ Plant new perennials.

■ Remove spent summer annuals and replace with spring bedding such as wallflowers and forget-me-nots.

 

■ Continue planting spring-flowering bulbs in beds, borders, pots and grass.

■ Sow hardy annuals, such as marigolds, centaurea and California poppies.

■ Begin moving tender plants into sheltered positions or into the greenhouse or conservatory.

■ Carry out autumn lawn maintenance, including aerating, scarifying, top dressing and feeding. Reseed bare patches, and create new lawn from seed.

■ Plant garlic, winter lettuce, turnips, spring cabbages and autumn onion sets in the vegetable garden.

■ Prune climbing roses when they've finished flowering, removing dead, damaged and diseased stems.

■ Lift and divide congested clumps of herbaceous perennials.

■ Remove faded summer bedding from containers, replacing them with winter- and spring-flowering plants.

■ Plant bulbs .

■ Cut back the canes on summer-fruiting raspberries.

■ Take box cuttings.

■ Clear tomatoes out of the greenhouse.

■ Tidy up hedges and topiary with a trim.

 

 

From Country Living gardening editor Stephanie Donaldson:

 

■ Plant spring cabbages and Japanese onion sets

 

■ Sow green manure where crops have been harvested

 

■ Prune climbing and rambling roses

■ Sow a final batch of spinach, oriental and salad leaves

 

■ Give clematis a good start by planting now 

 

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