Gardening Tips for Oct/Nov

[Gardenman]

It’s been a long time since my last gardening tips, I’ve been away running my Retreats in Beautiful Kefalonia & I’ve been ill. But all ok now 

Well we’ve had a beautiful summer & by the looks of the fabulous colours, we’re in for a spectacular Autumn 🍂 

Well, if you look after your gardens properly! 
 

So, off we go. Are you all paying attention, then we’ll begin; 

1 PRUNING 

Cut back Buddlejas by at least half, they will grow back with abundance 

Prune Raspberries back to 6’’ off the ground, prune all fruit trees so the air circulates in the centre of the tree, ensuring the cuts face downward or you treat them with tree paint to avoid disease getting in . Cut espalier trees so all forward & rear facing branches are cut & all side branches are tied in

Roses . Cut back all shrub Roses back hard to a bud & with climbers cut all long branches back to the main body of the plant , cutting all dead branches out completely. Take off all leaves with black spot & collect all the leaves off the ground as they are a fungus & just circulate back through the earth 

Cut back perennials in your borders & cut in half any overgrown herbaceous plants . Free plants 😃

Planting 

Plant new bulbs for early Spring colours like Daffodils Tulips Hyacinths Aliums & plant colourful Cyclamen with some feed throughout the season . Hellebores or Christmas roses add beautiful colours in shaded areas of your garden & are a good perennial for all gardens .

Most colourful to plant & keep out burglars are Pyracanthas this year. They are spectacular this year & add colour as well as safety 

It’s always good to plant fruit trees, trees & shrubs at this time of year. You are welcome to visit the trade nursery I use with me to help you choose quality plants & trees & a little discount 

Tidying up

Yes, it’s that old subject again! Leaves need to be cleaned off lawns throughout Autumn & Winter. Trees are very clever in that they gather all the toxins from the air put them in the leaves & drop them down to prevent rivals from growing under them including Your Lawns !! So you have to clear them . Sorry But you can leave them on your borders. They break down & give compost to your plants

Dig out & pull all weeds you can, they won’t seed & spread them so they come back in Spring 

Thats it for now. I have two days this week & three next week if you would like any advice maintenance or plants My Son Oli does the Landscaping Get in contact with him on 07549418219 or me Nigel on 07759862191

Please remember to use the other well recommended gardeners on this site 

HAPPY GARDENING 

[vladi]

Thanks for the tips. What do you recommend for treating Jasmine that has really overgrown the trellis it is on?

[Angelina]

I thought you weren’t supposed to prune apple trees until winter. Actually want confirmation as someone did one of mine and I want to know if I need to redo it and paint the cuts pls