your pruning month
YOUR PRUNING MONTH
Frances Tophill shows you how to give a silver birch a good start with pruning
Prune lavender
Trim lavenders when flowering has finished this month. This will help to keep them compact and attractive. Remove any spent flower stems and cut off the ends of the soft growth, but never prune back into the old, woody stems as these are unlikely to produce new growth again. A second cut can be made in March if needed.
GardenersWorld.com September 2022
Assess your raspberry plants first to select the canes for pruning
The season is changing. Things may begin to feel autumnal yet the weather can still be exceptionally fine. The garden is consistently covered in dew in the mornings, and the late-summer and autumn flowers, such as dahlias and penstemons, are in their glory days. Things can look a bit unkempt, and bright colours mingle with the flax and russet tones of senescence.