What to do in your garden during August

Follow the tips beneath as a basic maintenance guide for your garden this August.

Plant and Sow

Annuals

Sow summer-flowering annuals like:

Vegetables

Sow vegetables like:

Bulbs

Plant summer-flowering bulbs:

Gardening Maintenance

General Gardening Maintenance

• Continue to water and feed spring-flowering bulbs.
• Plan your summer garden.
• Water citrus trees well every three weeks and spray against citrus psylla; water other fruit trees thoroughly every second week.

August maintenance tips on watering, pruning,
pests and disease, fertilizing and much more visit our countrywide maintenance guide.