This week's jobs around the garden

Some other plants that are keeping the garden alive and buzzing during this month, and hopefully beyond, are the late flowering perennials such as the mauve coloured Verbena bonariensis.

Try and get the lower growing form ‘Lollipop’ and plant it with Redbeckia ‘Goldstrum’ for a great colour combination.

The Sedums too are really doing their thing at the moment. I still rave about the traditional favourite, ‘Autumn Joy’ but a purple coloured variety ‘Jose Aubergine’ which I planted several years ago now, is beginning to take over as my preferred choice.