Graham Porter gardening: Jobs to do

Oct 16 2010 by Our Correspondent, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Book your mowers, hedge trimmers and strimmers in for a service and safety check now that the growing season is coming to an end.

Check out some new plants that will flower for you in winter – mahonia, jasminum, chimonanthus and hamamelis are all names to look out for.

Reduce the height of hybrid tea and floribunda roses now as their blooms fade to prevent wind rock over winter.