Flowers garden job checklist - week 41

7 - 13 October 2013

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