September Gardening Tips
As the days become shorter and a gentle chill fills the air, it's a time of transition in our gardens. September offers a golden opportunity to prepare for the changing seasons, ensuring a thriving and beautiful garden. From planting fall flowers and vegetables to rejuvenating tired plants, we have a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to share with you. Join us as we explore the essential tasks, tips, and techniques that will make your September garden shine.
Flower Garden
- Plant spring flowering bulbs (perhaps leave tulips and hyacinths till next month)
- Replace summer bedding as it comes to the end with winter bedding
- Support tall flowers with supports
- Reduce feeding of permanent container plants
- Move tender plants under cover in cold weather
- Plant and move conifers and evergreens
Kitchen Garden
- Cover late crops of salads, courgettes and carrots with fleece/cloche
- Sow overwintering onions and quick crops such as salad leaves and spinach
- Plant spring cabbage plants
- Continue to harvest produce as it is ready
Greenhouse
- Reduce watering and feeding of greenhouse plants
- Plant early spring bulbs in pots
- Bring in tender plants to overwinter
- Sow hardy annuals for early spring flowers
The Lawn
- Once the dry weather comes to an end scarify and aerate the lawn
- Apply autumn lawn feed
- Repair broken lawn edges and re-seed bald patches
- Sow new lawns from seed, new turf lawns should wait until October
General Advice
- Water and deadhead all plants
- Cut out flowered stems of perennial plants to keep borders tidy
- Get the compost going. Autumn clearing generates lots of compostable waste such as leaves
Pond
- Continue to feed fish until the weather breaks
- Give a final, light thinning of oxygenating plants
- As leaves begin to fall, ensure the pond is cleared of fallen leaves on a daily basis