Today 
It's time to...
Cut late-summer-flowering clematis right down to soil level- Divide congested clumps of perennials such as asters, campanulas, rudbeckias and chrysanthemums after flowering
- Plant bare-rooted roses
- Dig up and compost exhausted summer bedding
- Plant out wallflowers, interspersing with taller-growing tulips
- Pile a thick mulch of compost or bark around hardy fuchsias to protect them from frost
- Move shrubs, including conifers and evergreens, that have outgrown their position
- Pot up tender perennials from summer displays to bring under cover for winter protection
- Pick leaves affected by rose blackspot and collect any lying on the ground nearby
- Cut down perennials whose seedheads aren't worth keeping, digging in compost around them
