Continue dead-heading fading blooms, and supress weeds by hoeing.

Cut down and lift Dahlia plants after they have been blackened by frost.

Cut down Phlox after flowering

Divide  established Allium Aquilegia Centaurea Convallaria  Dicentra Echinops, Hesperis Lamium Polygonatum Potentilla Sedum plants.

Sow lily bulbils

Plant out Acer Achillea Aconitum Agrostemma Alchemilla Anchusa Bellis Berberis Centaurea Chionodoxa Clematis Clerodendrum Colutea Deutzia Dicentra Dictamnus Digitalis Echinacea Echinops Eryngium Fatsia Genista Hamamelis Heathers Hellebores Hemerocallis Hesperis Heuchera Hibiscus Hydrangeas Jasmine Laburnum Lamium Lupins Lythrum Narcissii Pansy Philadelphus Physostegia Pieris Platycodon Polygonatum Poppy Potentilla Roses Saxifraga Sedum Sidalcea Sweet William Wisteria.

Protect Agapanthus crowns Eucalyptus with a layer of bracken, straw or cloches.

Protect rockery/alpine plants from winter rains with cloches.

Mulch Aubretia

Prepare site for wallflower (cheiranthus) before planting. 

Lift Crocosmia and place under cover

Collect Gunnera seed if ripe

Ease back on the watering of Alstroemeria

Fetch Camellias indoors for winter protection

Move large evergreen shrubs and small evergreen trees and conifers.

Remove faded summer bedding plants and dig over the ground in preparation for spring bulbs and bedding plants.

Plant out Althaea  

Lift Gladioli for overwinter storage.

Discard old rose bushes that have been reluctant to flower, and plan replacement

Continue planting other spring bulbs as soil conditions allow.

Clear away remains of summer bedding in outdoor containers and prepare to replant them with a selection of spring bulbs and bedders such as winter pansy and polyanthus.

Plant out Actinidia  Escallonia  Phlox Cheiranthus (Wallflower) Tulips

Divide Echinacea Hemerocallis Lythrum

Cut down Digitalis Dictamnus Penstemon

Trim back Physalis root system

Lift Cannas and place under cover

Prepare Dahlia tubers and box up for winter storage.

Move containerised Zantedeschia into a frost free area for the winter months.

Prepare Gladioli beds for next year

Prune/trim heathers

Cut down Delphiniums Osteospermum

Lift Gazania Pelargoniums and repot for winter storage.

Check new Rose plants for windrock

Clean and prepare Gladioli corms for winter storage

Plant out;Abies Celastrus

Take Echinop root cuttings

Cut back Escallonia  Roses

Cut down Echinacea Lupins Lychnis Rudbeckia

Lift and store Dahlia tubers (if not already done)

Lift and store Disbud Spray & Charm Chrysanthemums

Prepare / protect outdoor containers containing less than hardy plants.

Place containerised Alstroemeria Bacopa Bellis  into a frost free area for the winter