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

• Prepare beds for sowing by digging in compost and 2:3:2 at the rate of 60 g per square metre.
• Start to sow summer-flowering towards the end of the month.
• Annuals adapt well to pot cultures like strawberry pots, tubs, terracotta flowerpots.

Sow the following plants:

Vegetables

Sow Vegetables like :

Bulbs

Plant summer-flowering bulbs such as:

Garden Maintenance

General Garden Maintenance

• Do not neglect your container plants; prune them lightly and feed and water them regularly.
• Cut out the dead branches from garden trees.
• Feed and deadhead annuals.
• Feed shrubs with a fertilizer high in potassium.
• Water and mow the lawn.

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