SEPTEMBER

• If you haven't already done so make sure your berries are netted to prevent your crops being harvested by squirrels and birds
• To prevent your potted plants from slugs and snails in the summer months, use perforated copper strips around the pot
• Start to clear away summer bedding and start planting your spring bulbs
• Add some interest to your garden by planting ornamental grasses
• Clear up fallen leaves and dead material to avoid diseases developing over the winter
• September is the ideal time to sow grass seed over patchy or bare lawn

 OCTOBER

• Prune climbing and rambling roses and attach any new growth to supporting trellis
• Sweep up leaves before they block up drains and damage lawns
• Get a compost bin for all the old plant material available in the autumn
• Pot up some mint for the greenhouse or frame for early shoots in the spring
• Lift dahlias, gladioli and other half hardy tubers, corms and bulbs for the winter

 NOVEMBER

• Plant bare-rooted plants and shrubs
• Clean, scrub down and disinfect the greenhouse
• Plant tulip bulbs before the end of the month
• Insulate the greenhouse and check that heating equipment is working
• Complete lawn mowing and clean and oil mower before storage
• Mound peat or finely chopped bark around the crowns of hardy fuchsias and other plants that could suffer in a hard frost

Knights Garden Centres guarantees all its hardy trees and shrubs for one year.

If your plant does not survive and thrive we will replace it or give you a full refund.

All we ask is that you maintain your plant and keep your till receipts (if you do not have your till receipt a refund is at Knights discretion).

Please ask at the tills for Knights planting instuctions.