Our gardeners have got
plenty to be getting on with. As glorious autumn hues spring up across the
garden, new evergreens and a broad range of other trees and shrubs will be
planted, (including new alliums and Fritillaria raddeana - see below photo), and young evergreen
shrubs will be moved.
There will be cutting back across the garden - the Buddleia, Lavatera and Cornus alba for example will need reducing by half to prevent wind rock. The essential pruning of the climbing roses and cutting of deciduous hedges will need finishing before November darkens our door.
There will be cutting back across the garden - the Buddleia, Lavatera and Cornus alba for example will need reducing by half to prevent wind rock. The essential pruning of the climbing roses and cutting of deciduous hedges will need finishing before November darkens our door.
Also the ongoing task
of dividing the perennials will continue. The more tender of these will need
bringing undercover as the weather takes a seasonal turn.
As to the lawns, new
turf will be laid and all lawns renovated, to allow them to bounce back at
their brilliant best in the spring. Leaf clearing will be near constant through
the month.
Halloween and
half-term collide in spooktacular style this month, and to celebrate we’ll be opening the Borde Hill Academy of Witches & Wizards. Between 26th October
and 3rd November, help Sapphire the Witch’s cat regain her magical powers on a
bewitching garden trail full of spells, potions and mystery (£2 a child, free
to Friends).
What to look out for
in the garden this month
Late flowering
perennials – aster, rudbeckias,
Grasses
Colchicums
Liriope muscari
Nerines
Sternbergias
Hydrangeas
Dahlias
Acers
Liquidambar