Late summer
The garden in August
Keep the garden going through the heat, collect seed and start planning the autumn planting.
Sow & plant
- ✓Sow spring cabbage and winter salad
- ✓Collect and dry ripe seed
- ✓Plant autumn-flowering bulbs
Jobs & pruning
- ✓Keep watering, especially pots
- ✓Cut back faded perennials
- ✓Prune summer-fruiting raspberries
In season & in bloom
- ✓Grasses, late perennials and dahlias
- ✓Tomatoes, beans and plums