Monty’s month of flowers: jobs for the September backyard

Early autumn is a superb time to benefit from the color and fantastic thing about late-flowering perennials, equivalent to dahlias and asters, whereas additionally planning forward for winter and spring. Borderline hardy vegetation profit from safety in preparation for colder climate and tender potted vegetation like pelargoniums will should be introduced underneath cowl if early frosts are forecast. Many spring-flowering bulbs may be planted over the subsequent few weeks, and bare-root shrubs and bushes ordered, able to be planted within the backyard from November onwards.

Within the first of this choice of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, Monty prepares his Himalayan poppies for winter by giving them a thick mulch. He divides summer-flowering perennials, beginning along with his hardy geraniums, and vegetation Iris reticulata in pots for vibrant shows subsequent spring.

Monty divides geraniums for extra vegetation

Monty divides a hardy geranium to create new vegetation that he intends to develop on and plant out subsequent spring.

Monty vegetation iris bulbs for spring flowers

Now’s the time to plant early spring bulbs, equivalent to Iris reticulata, in pots. Monty vegetation up an alpine pan full of gritty free-draining compost with one in all his favorite bulbs – Iris ‘Concord’.

Monty mulches Himalayan poppies for winter safety

Monty mulches his Himalayan poppies (Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’) with composted bracken, an acidic mulch, which is able to defend them over winter.

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