1 Dead heading and cutting back – I know that I keep harping on about dead-heading but it is one of the most useful jobs that anyone can do at this time of year to help extend the flowering period of many annuals and to encourage second flushes of flower from some herbaceous perennials. It also helps to keep the garden looking pristine, with none of those brown, floppy, bedraggled old flowers cluttering up the garden picture. So, if you have nothing better to do this morning, take a bucket or a trug basket, a pair of secateurs and gloves if you wish and walk slowly around the garden keeping a watchful eye on any flowering plants. Where the plant produces flowers in clusters, just removing the oldest blooms will often help to encourage the ones behind it to open up. On your travels you can dug or pull up the odd weed or two. Happy gardening.
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