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Monty & Adam's month of flowers: jobs for the August garden
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Published: Sunday, 28 July 2024 at 9:18 am
Monty and Adam share some of the things they're getting up to in August to keep their gardens looking wonderful, in this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners' World
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Now that late summer is here, it’s important to make time to sit and just enjoy your garden. Most summer-flowering plants will have been in bloom for weeks now and, with regular deadheading, many should continue to flower into the autumn. It’s a great time to collect seed from early-flowerers such as aquilegias and love-in-a-mist. And there are still a few weeks left to take softwood cuttings of woody herbs and ornamental shrubs.
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Monty and Adam are busy in their gardens too. In these clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty plants nerines in the dry garden ready for a spectacular autumn display, and propagates streptocarpus by taking leaf cuttings. Meanwhile, Adam is focusing on pond plants as he divides waterlily and Japanese water iris, ready to go into a new water feature.
Monty plants nerines
Monty plants nerines in the dry garden where they will have good drainage, the necks of the bulbs will get baked by the sun, and they'll produce glorious sugary pink flowers in the autumn.
Adam creates a small water feature
Adam divides waterlily and Japanese water iris, and then pots them up.
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Monty propagates streptocarpus
Monty propagates streptocarpus by taking leaf cuttings. After around three months, he expects to see new plants developing.
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More seasonal advice:
- August seed sowing with Monty
- August fruit and veg with Monty
- August wildlife gardening with Monty
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