- Keep collecting seed from perennials and alpines and watch out for any tree and shrub seeds you might want to save.
- When planting spring bulbs in pots, put plenty of drainage material in the bottom to stop them becoming waterlogged and add potting compost mixed with a handful of grit.
- Stop feeding permanent plants in containers.
- Watch out for the first autumn-fruiting raspberries. They should be ready to eat.
- Divide and replant large clumps of perennial herbs
- Raise the cutting height on your lawnmower as the growth rate of the grass slows.
- Take pelargonium cuttings to overwinter indoors.
- Propagate new gooseberry bushes by taking hardwood cuttings from healthy plants before their leaves drop.
- Collect, clean and store away cane supports as plants go past their best.
- Detach the layered side shoots of carnations which have rooted and place them in a new spot.
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