Garden Jobs for November

Camellia Sasanqua – flowers now rather than in spring.Foliage colours- euphorbia, Nandinia, ophoiopogon (black grass)Still flowering Anthemis Tinctoria

Jobs for the November Garden – Addendum to earlier article re Leaf mould

Now the winter seems to have arrived time for all sorts of jobs- you thought you could put your feet up- but. there are still things to do out there!

• Plant tulip bulbs, but protect pots of tulips with holly leaves or fine mesh,as mice love to eat them.

• Cut back plants like peonies, that have toppled over onto other plants. Cut away all dead and rotting leaves from plants, leave seedheads.which provide winter interest, and stems of plants to about 30 cms high for insects to overwinter, cutting these finally back before the new growth starts in early spring.

• Start the no dig method on veg plots, dig up perennial weeds, but leave the rest of the plot undug, cover with cardboard and a thick layer of compost. This preserves the soil structure and the microorganisms which live in the soil and keep it healthy. Soil is the most important things in your garden.

• Weed and mulch borders either with compost of leaf mould.

• Plant garlic, onions and shallots in free draining soil, and cover with fleece.

• When all the leaves have fallen start to prune apple trees.

• Think about ordering seed for next year, but you can use most seed that you may not have used last year, except parsnips and beetroot sometimes don’t last. Most other seed will keep for a year or two as long as they have been kept reasonably dry and cool.

• Join Tattenhall Gardening Society and get 50% of all seed from Dobies.

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