Is your Garden ready for Autumn? Here's our guide

Is Your Garden Autumn Ready? Here’s How to Prepare 

As summer fades, autumn brings cooler temperatures, changing foliage, and an important transition period for your garden. To keep your outdoor space thriving and ensure a strong comeback in spring, here are some essential steps to get your garden autumn ready. 🍂🌿 

Keep Deadheading for Continued Blooms 🌸 

Regular deadheading throughout the summer helps keep plants flowering for longer. As autumn approaches, continuing this practice can encourage a final burst of colour before the first frost. Removing spent flowers also helps prevent disease and redirects the plant’s energy into healthy root growth. 

Bulbs 🌷 

To maintain colour through autumn, planting bulbs like colchicums & nerines in the spring/summer will help. These hardy plants add interest as summer flowers fade, ensuring your garden remains vibrant well into the cooler months. 

Divide Overcrowded Perennials for Healthier Growth 🌿 

Autumn is the ideal time to divide perennials such as hostas, daylilies, and irises. This process prevents overcrowding, encourages better blooms next year, and allows you to spread plants across your garden or share with fellow gardeners. 

Fertilise Your Lawn to Strengthen Roots 🌱 

An autumn lawn feed rich in potassium helps strengthen roots ahead of winter, improving resilience against frost and disease. Scarifying and aerating the lawn before fertilising ensures better nutrient absorption and healthier grass growth. 

Water Your Garden Before the Dry Spells 💦 

Although autumn usually brings more rainfall, ensuring your garden is well-watered before the weather changes helps plants establish strong roots. Deep watering during dry spells will prevent plants from going into winter in a weakened state. 

Order and Plant Spring Bulbs Early 🌼 

For a stunning display next year, now is the time to order and plant spring bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths. These bulbs require a period of cold dormancy, so planting them in early autumn ensures they establish well before winter. 

Stock Up on Stakes & Netting for Protection 🏗️ 

Winter storms can pose challenges for plants. Ensuring tall perennials and delicate crops are well-staked prevents breakage, while netting protects young plants from harsh winter conditions. 

Start thinking ideas for next year... 

As we come into autumn it’s a great time to think ahead to next summer & what you want the garden to look like. Now is a great tie for bigger projects like turfing & tree planting. But you need a plan. For tree ideas, check out our article onthinking tree. 

With all these steps in place, your garden will not only survive but thrive throughout autumn and beyond into next year. 

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