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Jobs in the Garden: September

September is the month to plant most spring flowering bulbs although tulips benefit from later planting its best to make your selection now while the choice is wide. As the summer bedding plants come to an end, the ground should be prepared for spring flowering plants such as wallflowers, forget-me-nots and pansies, the effect can be even more stunning if bulbs are planted amongst them. Be adventurous and design a colour coordinated display to turn the neighbour’s heads. We have a vast selection of varieties of bulbs whether for bedding out or for container work, for just £3.75 for the small size or £6.49 for the large size, you can fill a bag to the brim with many different varieties of Daffodils.

Plant of the Month

Sedums are succulent plants that are easy to grow. They come in various forms, some being suitable for rock gardens and containers and some larger forms make an excellent addition to the border and as a bonus are an attraction to bees and butterflies.

Stop Press!

After our brash statement of last month that we had no rain since planting the Dahlias out, it has done nothing but rain along with very strong winds. This has had a very detrimental effect on the plants and some varieties look very sad indeed. But as all gardeners know there is always tomorrow and we are hopeful that the sun will shine for the next 10 days and that will make all the difference. If our optimism is unfounded then the Dahlia festival will be reduced to fewer varieties but we are confident that it will live up to its past glory.