October – Late Autumn

  1. Take hardwood cuttings now to increase your plant stock:
  • Flowering Currant
  • Honeysuckle
  • Ivy
  • Elder
Boston Ivy

2. Plant a native tree or shrub.

3. While the ground is still warm enough, plant out your perennials now.

4. Plant out biennial plants now for flowers next spring and summer. Some nice examples of biennials include:

Forget Me Not
  • Foxglove
  • Honesty
  • Forget Me Not
  • Evening Primrose
  • Hesperis, to name but a few.

5. The early nectar is vital for bees and pollinators. Plant out some spring flowering bulbs now, such as:

  • Native Woodland Bluebell
  • Crocus & Snowdrops
  • Early Flowering Daffodils
  • Winter Aconite
  • Blue Muscari

6. Sow some seeds that benefit from a cold snap to germinate. Some good examples are:

  • Cowslip
  • Knapweed
  • Ox Eye Daisy
  • Sweet Cicely
  • Aquilegia
  • Nigella
  • Ragged Robin

Happy Gardening Everyone ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ๐Ÿž