Andy Hutchinson discusses some of the tasks you can tick off in your garden with the arrival of Autumn.
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00:00 Oh hello there, welcome to the latest edition of Gardening Matters with me Andrew Hutchinson.
00:10 In this edition we're going to be looking at what summer has offered and look ahead
00:14 to the autumn months as well.
00:17 Let's just start with this, this is a gorgeous bamboo which offers architectural structure
00:23 and something really really different for your garden.
00:25 It can be very invasive, that's why it's in a pot, but it offers contrast to the blooms
00:31 around the garden.
00:34 The summer months have been largely disappointing in terms of sunshine, but with the mixed weather
00:39 and lots of rain it's really really benefited the garden and the borders especially.
00:45 The plants here have really shot up from the rhododendrons through to the aces, through
00:50 to the fuchsias, it's really really really helped which will stand in good stead for
00:55 next year and the blooms that they will offer.
01:01 These geraniums offer wonderful wonderful colour throughout the summer months into autumn
01:06 and even sometimes if you're really lucky into winter as well.
01:09 So from June to November you get wonderful flowers but it's very very important that
01:14 you keep deadheading, so keep deadheading which means that the flowers will continue
01:26 to grow and stimulate regrowth.
01:30 At this time of year it's really really important that you keep on top of your weeding in your
01:34 grass and in your borders just like this.
01:42 And also remember to make sure that your hedges are trimmed as well.
01:48 So as you go around the garden centres it's important to pick and choose plants which
01:52 might suit your garden.
01:54 Take the time and trouble to have a look, take your time and invest really really well.
02:00 These alstroemeria will be perfect for next year for late spring, early summer.
02:07 I buy in threes or fives, it's really important that you buy in odd numbers but they should
02:13 come up really really well.
02:15 They're in front of the patio doors and hopefully they'll be real showstoppers.
02:20 So this is a salvia, started life as a cutting, thanks very much to my next door neighbour.
02:26 It's really really come on over the last month or two thanks to the mixed weather.
02:31 I plan to keep it in the pot over winter to make it more hardy before I plant it out in
02:36 the spring at the side of the alstroemeria.
02:42 As we move into autumn fingers crossed we might get some better weather which means
02:46 you need to keep your garden well watered, look after your lawn, do any repairs and do
02:52 the jobs that you need to do ahead of winter where we all have some downtime.
02:56 So fingers crossed come the spring your garden will be a blooming success.
03:02 Thanks for watching, bye for now.