When taking cuttings keep your cutting material humid, either misting them or putting the cut edge in water, until you are ready to plant them.

Dibleys

Agapanthus LOVE a high potash feed to encourage amazing blooms! 

Hoyland Plant Centre

Remove any old Sarracenia leaves during the summer, when the plants are at their most sticky, to discourage aphids and other sap suckers - air movement is key

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Cut back hardy perennials such as Geranium, Centaurea and Polemonium once they have finished flowering to promote a flush of fresh new growth and more flowers.

Tinnisburn Plants

Always make sure you plant your Tiarellas in a shady position.

Plantagogo

Paler leaved Heuchera and Heucherella prefer shade as they will scorch in strong sunlight.

Plantagogo

When planting your Heuchera, Heucherella and Tiarella never bury the crown, as they can go rotten in the crown.

Plantagogo

To make your Heuchera, Heucherella and Tiarella flower for longer, dead as soon as the flowers fade. 

Plantagogo

Sowing seed of Foxgloves and Hollyhocks now will give you excellent plants that will flower beautifully in 2021. But stop ! Don’t sow the seed in the greenhouse, temperature fluctuations will stop the seed germinating. Sow outside in a cool light place. 

The Botanic Nursery

When labelling your plants use the right pen make sure it is waterproof and lightfast 

Labels n Things

Try to leave old pitchers on the plants as long as possible at the end of the growing season , this will help your plants produce large robust growth the following season 

Hampshire carnivorous plants

Cut back your Achillea to 10cm to get reblooming in the autumn

Hardys Cottage Garden Plants

When planting hardy fuchsias outdoor in the ground ensure that you plant them deep so that the crown of the plant is covered by a few inches of soil. This protects the plant from frost and encourages the stems to root thus giving a much more substantial shrub.

Roualeyn Fuchsias

Your peony may start to turn brown from July, this is perfectly normal. Do not cut back the leaves until the Autumn though once the plant has fully died back, the leaves are still absorbing nutrients which help to form buds for the following season. The more nutrients the plant can take in means you will have better flowers the following year.

Primrose Hall Peonies

Tips on pruning your Olive Tree Pruning your olive Pruning Like most evergreen trees Olives respond very well to pruning, in fact the more you prune, the happier they grow. It is best, however, to prune your Olive after the last of the winter frost ( March onwards) and before the first autumn frosts ( late October early November) If you prune back your Olive tree ‘hard’ it will result in a dense growth or a light ‘formative’ prune will give your tree a natural shape. As with many fruit trees, olives fruit on new wood, so if you’re going to try for fruit a regular prune will increase your yield. The most important fact to bear in mind when pruning your Olive tree is that the tree usually bears fruit on the previous year’s new growth, and never bears it in the same place twice. Your tree will usually flower from late Spring. The flowers are self fertile and olives will readily set during the Summer months. The olive tree produces fruit mainly at the periphery and top of the canopy. This is because these parts of the tree are fully exposed to sunlight and in turn improves fertility. Pruning for fruiting purposes focus on the removal of any part that shades other younger parts of the tree. Note If your tree is looking a little unhappy in its pot, reduce the canopy by a 1/3. Let there be light Light and more light is the overwhelming principle of pruning. Letting the light into the tree improves fruit production. Letting in the light also keeps the tree under control. If the tree is dark and dense branches will race up and out to find more light. Due to our colder climate, if you wish to eat your olives you will need to harvest them in October 

The Norfolk Olive Tree Company LTD

The vast majority of plants tend to suffer more from over-watering than from under-watering

Brighter Blooms

Dianthus need to be planted in a sunny spot in well drained neutral or alkaline soil.

Calamazag Nursery

Cacti and other succulent plants should be watered and fed regularly from March to October. Use a high potash feed.

Craig House Cacti 

In the height of summer, make sure your plants do not dry out. Overwater with rainwater, rather than under-water

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