Today 
It's time to...
Lift dahlia tubers or protect those left in the ground with a thick mulch of straw or bark- Sow sweet peas now for bigger, earlier blooms next year
- Collect seeds and berries from shrubs and flowering plants that you want to propagate
- Empty and clean out delicate glazed or ceramic pots and move them into a shed for winter
- Remove suckers growing around the base of trees
- Prepare areas to plant new roses
- Buy primroses and primulas for seasonal colour
- Lift and divide congested clumps of perennials
- Move shrubs that have outgrown their position or are in the wrong place
- Pile bark mulch over the crowns of hardy fuchsias to provide winter protection
