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Monthly Advice For August
Dead Heading Still!It may seem like a constant task, but dead-heading the borders is still an important task and helps to keep your borders looking attractive and fresh, and there are still many flowering plants to come. Pond Advice.Continue to thin out any heavy growth of oxygenating plants in your pond, and it is ok to cut the leaves off water lilies if you find that they hide the flowers. Ornamental pond fish need to feed quite heavily in the late summer and autumn to get through the winter, remember this if you plan to holiday at this time. Golf n' Garden?Are you a keen golfer as well as a great gardener? Then why not use your colourful golf tees to mark spring bulbs or perennials locations, that now lie dormant under the soil. Evil Weevil!A recent pest in the greenhouse is the Vine Weevil. It comes out at night and eats away at the margins of leaves. If this isn't enough the larvae cause real damage, they burrow into the compost and devour the plant roots. Look for signs of wilting leaves, remove the plant from its pot and check. Vine Weevil grubs are about 10mm long, creamy white in colour with brown heads. They should be destroyed immediately, nematodes is a biological control and is available, but follow the instruction very carefully. Madonna!Now is the time to plant the Madonna lily, unlike other lilies which you would normally deal with in the autumn. The Madonna lily is temperamental but is very lovely if your successful, this lily should be planted no more than 50mm deep and requires limy soil. No More Food!You should stop feeding your roses this month. If you don't you will encourage new growth which will be to soft to survive the winter, this could put your prize roses at risk of disease. Choose Early!Why not come to Waterside to look and start deciding which bulbs you would like to order or purchase so that you can start planting late August/September, to give you great burst of colour early in the following year. There will be many kinds to choose from including, daffodils, tulips, crocus and snowdrops.
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