Flowers garden job checklist - week 47

• Take root cuttings of oriental poppies
• Check stakes and ties are secure on trees and climbers
• Move containers of shrubs or winter bedding to a sheltered spot when conditions turn very cold
• Plant new rose bushes
• Empty pots of spent annuals and compost the remains
• Transplant shrubs that have outgrown their position
• Lift and store dahlia tubers once their leaves are blackened by frost
• Prune rambling roses after flowering
• Rake autumn leaves from lawns and pick them out of borders for composting
• Pile bark mulch over the crowns of hardy fuchsias to provide protection from cold

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