As September arrives - and with it the autumn - your gardening jobs include preparing your plants and flowers for the winter ahead and harvesting the vegetables you've cared for over the summer. Read our top gardening tips for September.
Time to give your lavender a haircut
Cut these beautiful autumn flowers to add colour to the displays in the house
From courgettes to French beans and marrows, make sure you keep on top of your vegetable harvest this month
Paperwhites are some of the prettiest spring bulbs and the first of the season
Move your onions inside so they aren't attacked by damp or autumn frosts
Herbaceous plants need to be deadheaded thoroughly this month
Harvest sweetcorn
Make sure it's properly ready to pick
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