August
Most gardeners have gone on holiday, so price promotions and novelty plants are more common.
Your summer bedding plants will be in full flower, remember to remove dead flowers this helps new buds and flowers develop.
Watering is now important, your planters and hanging baskets will need watering every day.
Take some time to enjoy your garden
There are some great gardens to visit for inspiration.
Plants to buy this month
Autumn & Winter Violas
They will flower longer than pansies, often well into the winter. Most Violas bought in flower during the autumn may stop flowering in the winter…
Autumn Cyclamen
If you looked in any old gardening book the idea of using cyclamen for autumn colour would be frowned on. However things have moved on…
Autumn heathers
A range of heathers that flower throughout the autumn, from the traditional purple calluna growing high on the hills to modern bud heathers and the…
Colourful Conifers
There is a conifer to suit every garden, no matter how small. They are unlike any other shrub, they provide structure, colour and interest all…
Garden Mums
Not really a plant, but the name given to autumn flowering dome-shaped chrysanths. They will be smothered in literally hundreds and hundreds of small flowers…
Ornamental cabbage
The humble cabbages flamboyant cousin, usually sold in full glorious technicolour, ranging from deep purple to deep pink or pure white. They seem to glow…
