What to do in your garden in September

Plant & Sow

Annuals

Start to sow summer-flowering annuals:

Vegetables

Sow vegetables like:

Bulbs

Plant summer-flowering bulbs:

Gardening 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.
• Water, feed and cut the lawn regularly to cultivate a thick mat. 
• Apply a light cover of lawn dressing if required.
• Fertilize the garden once a month with Wonder 3:1:5 (26) SR or Wonder 5:1:5 (22) All-Purpose at a rate of 30g/m2.
• Ensure your container plants are damp before feeding, otherwise the roots may suffer from fertilizer burn.
• Remove suckers from bromeliads and transplant them.
• Feed bananas; and water citrus, litchis, mangoes and papaws thoroughly.