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Beautiful Daffodils to Plant Now

September 8, 2017Advice for August, Advice for November, Advice for October, Advice for September, April, August, Container Gardening, Daffodils, December, Easier Gardening, February, Flowers & Floristry, January, July, June, March, May, More Gardening, November, October, Outdoor Trials, Saving Money, September, Trials, Urban Gardening, Urban Outdoors, Vantage Pointbeneficial insects, bulbs, cut flowers, Daffodil Trial, daffodils, grow your own cut flowers, ladybirds, Narcissus 'Baby Moon', Narcissus 'Grand Soleil d'Or', Narcissus 'Minnow', Narcissus 'Pueblo', Outdoor Trials, scent, scented daffodils, scented flowers, scented plants, TrialsPumpkin Beth

I am particularly fond of scented daffodils; last year I conducted a Scented Daffodil Trial, to showcase beautiful and enchanting daffodil cultivars, which produce exquisitely fragrant, long lasting flowers.

I’ve been looking forward to sharing the finest performing daffodil cultivars from my 2017 Scented Daffodil Trial with you, and as September is a great month to plant daffodil bulbs, this column offered me the perfect opportunity.

Gardening Advice for Mid-September to Mid-October

September 26, 2014Advice for October, Advice for September, Pests & DiseasesAlliums, aphids, bees, bulbs, cabbages, Calendula officinalis, Camassia, celeriac, Centaurea cyanus, Chionodoxa, clematis, Clematis Wilt, crocus, currants, Cyclamen, edible gardening, elephant garlic, Eranthis, Eremurus, Erythronium, figs, Fritillarias, fruit, Galanthus, garlic, glasshouse growing, gooseberries, green manure, green manures, growing plants for bees, hedgehogs, hedges, hoverflies, hyacinths, iris, irrigation, lawns, leeks, Leucojum, lily, Limnanthes douglasii, meadows, moving plants, Muscari, mycorrhizal fungi, narcissus, Nigella damascena, October, Ornithogalum, Papaver rhoeas, planting, pollinating insects, propagation, pruning, raspberries, Rhinanthus minor, rootrainers, roses, Scillas, September, shallots, soil, squirrels, taking cuttings, vegetables, wildlife gardeningPumpkin Beth

This is such an exciting time of year, with so many beautiful colours in the garden to enjoy, and Harvest Festival to look forward to! There are lots of lovely ideas of things that you can do, to make the most of your garden now, and to ensure that your garden will look better than ever next year!

If your fences are looking rather tatty or wobbly, have you considered planting a hedge?

Gardening Advice for Mid-August to Mid-September

August 24, 2014Advice for August, Advice for September, Container Gardening, Pests & Diseasesalpine strawberries, August, bees, Berberis thunbergii, Biological controls, brassicas, cabbages, Calendula officinalis, Ceanothus, Centaurea cyanus, Colchicum autumnale, container gardening, crocus, crop rotation, Cyclamen, daffodils, edible gardening, endive, Eryngiums, Erythronium, fruit, glasshouse growing, green manures, kale, lavender, lawns, lettuces, meadows, Mustard, Nerine, onions, pak choi, Papaver rhoeas, peas, pineberries, pollinating insects, potatoes, propagation, Pyracantha, radishes, Rhinanthus minor, rosemary, roses, Scilla, Secale cereal, September, Sinapis alba, spinach, Steinernema kraussei, strawberries, Strawberry 'Christine', Strawberry 'Gariguette', Strawberry 'Mara de bois', Strawberry 'Sweetheart', taking cuttings, Trillium, turnip, vegetables, Viburnum opulus, Vicia sativa, vine weevils, yellow rattlePumpkin Beth

The end of summer is often a magical time, bathed in golden light and sunshine. There’s certainly a lots of lovely things you could do in the garden, or at your allotment during the month ahead!

Vine weevils are a real pain, especially if you’ve got lots of container grown plants. The adult vine weevils damage plant leaves, leaving a notch-shaped, irregular edge to the leaves, resulting in a rather ragged looking, tatty plant.

Gardening Advice for Mid-September to Mid-October

September 13, 2013Advice for October, Advice for Septemberaphids, bare root plants, bees, bulbs, cabbages, Calendula officinalis, celeriac, Centaurea cyanus, corms, edible gardening, elephant garlic, garlic, glasshouse growing, green manures, hedgehogs, hoverflies, hyacinths, lawns, leeks, Limnanthes douglasii, meadows, moving plants, mycorrhizal fungi, Nigella damascena, October, Papaver rhoeas, planting, pollinating insects, ponds, propagation, pruning, raspberries, Rhinanthus minor, roses, September, shallots, slugs and snails, squirrels, sunflowers, sweet peas, taking cuttings, trees, tubers, vegetables, wildlife gardeningPumpkin Beth

This is such an exciting time of year, with so many beautiful colours in the garden to enjoy, and hopefully a bounteous harvest to look forward to! There are lots of lovely things that you can do now to make the most of your garden this month, and to ensure that your garden will look better than ever next year!

It’s time to move tender plants under cover.