Gardening by Month - September
September is a lovely month to enjoy the outdoors now the weather is cooler. Spend time in the fresh air and tidy the garden before it turns chillier. Most flowering plants can be cut back. Get rid of weeds and dead leaves. Cut back hedges, and if you have a pond, remove dead leaves through the season.
Autumn is a beautiful time of year for nature, and with an addition or two in your garden, you can enjoy wonderful autumnal colour. Garsons Plants of the Month are shrubs, and there are some gorgeous ones coming into their own right now. Take stock of your garden and fill in any gaps with shrubs that will reward you for years to come.
The heuchera is an ornamental evergreen herbaceous plant with year-round appeal. Its leaf colours often take on autumnal hues, giving rise to lovely seasonal shades at a time when colour is fading in the garden.
The heuchera goes well in a container as well as in your garden borders. It’s tough and good for ground cover in sun or shade, making it practical and attractive. It mixes well with country garden favourites like aster, rudbeckia and sedum, along with grasses such as panicum and miscanthus.
Brighten up existing patio pots by replacing summer bedding with wintery interest. Autumn flowering hebes or evergreen conifers can provide a central plant along with heuchera, ivy and thyme added for foliage around the edge.
Many perennials form attractive seed heads, and these can be enjoyed right through autumn and into winter. Favourites include cone flowers such as echinacea and rudbeckia, globe thistle, agapanthus and ornamental grasses.
Visit Garsons for a wonderful selection of late perennials and shrubs that keep colour and interest going well into winter.
Until next month, enjoy your autumnal garden.
