Flowers garden job checklist - week 43

21 - 27 October 2013

It's time to...

Collect seed from allium seedheads and sow straight away into seed compost
Plant evergreen shrubs and conifer hedges
Carefully dig up gladioli corms and overwinter in cool, dry storage conditions
Lift and pot up tender perennials to protect over winter
Collect fallen leaves from under rose bushes so they don't carry diseases over to next year
Lift and divide congested clumps of perennials
Plant crocuses and dwarf bulbs in areas of rough grass
Make sure tall, late-flowering chrysanthemums are well staked
Divide large clumps of crocosmia and replant into freshly prepared soil
Spread a thick mulch of compost or bark over the soil around dahlias and agapanthus