Gardening Tips for November The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, as
Keats called it, is upon us, with lower temperatures and light levels. Leaves are continuing to fall and need raking up regularly. If you grow ornamental grasses and bamboos, they can be tidied up now. A small hand rake can be useful to comb out dead stalks. Lift dahlias and cannas and store them in a frost free place over winter. If you are storing begonia corms, check them over in case there are any vine weevil bugs left on them. I found some when I lifted mine and have had them demolished in the past. Remove the leaves on hellebores so that you will be able to see the fl owers when they come through. Finish planting bulbs including tulips now and lilies can also be planted. Sit them on a layer of horticultural sand to stop them rotting. Do not feed plants at this time of year as it will produce soft growth which can be damaged by frost. Lay an Autumn mulch around delicate plants such as penstemon, fuchsias, agapanthus and any dahlias which you have left in the ground.
If you have a greenhouse, it is a good idea if possible to line it with bubble plastic (the larger bubble type) to keep the warmth in, a fi ddly job, but worth doing. Check your heater if you have one and set it to come on as temperatures drop.
You could plant bare root hedging now, it is cheaper than container grown, as long as it isn’t too wet or frosty. Fruit trees and bushes can also be planted now. If you already have red or white currants and gooseberries then now is the time to prune them.
Avoid walking on the lawn when it is frosty as you will damage it. It is too late to sow lawn seed, but OK to lay turf if not too cold.
The wildlife will be looking for food to build them up for winter. As well as keeping feeders and water bowls fi lled, consider providing shelter. It is possible to buy all sorts of special boxes for insects and
small animals, but you could also hang bundles of hollow stems among the shrubs for things like ladybirds and bees to take shelter. If you have had branches cut or fallen off a tree, pile them in a hidden corner for beetles, etc and also if you are lucky, hedgehogs, to take shelter. If you are thinking of buying new shrubs and perennials, consider some with berries. Cotoneaster and pyracantha berries will be stripped by blackbirds and thrushes and ivy or fatsias provide late fl owers for the bees as do mahonias and they are all followed by berries. Buddleias now have some dwarf varieties which fl ower for a long time if deadheaded, great for butterfl ies. Finally single daisy-like fl owers, provide nectar for bees and butterfl ies, which they often cannot get from double varieties.
Keep gardening on good days and plant for next year on the wet ones.
Denise Hill Broadstone in Bloom
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