• Water tubs and new plants when dry
• Deadhead bedding plants and repeat-flowering perennials to ensure continuous flowering
• Pick courgettes before they become marrows
• Cut back plants in baskets to encourage new growth and help revive tired displays.
• Cut back delphiniums and geraniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage a second flowering period. Feed after cutting them back.
• Deadhead flower borders regularly to prolong flowering. Disbud and dead-head dahlias if growing for large blooms. Leave roses that produce attractive hips.
• Plants like alpines, with a carpet-like growth habit, can become patchy, with central areas dying off. These patches can be in-filled with gritty compost, to encourage re-growth.
• Prop up tall perennials such as lupins, delphiniums and gladioli if staking was neglected earlier in the season.
• Prune June-flowering shrubs such as Philadelphus and Weigela after flowering. Prune deciduous magnolias if necessary.
• Tie-in climbers and ramblers as they grow.
• Ensure newly planted trees and shrubs do not dry out. They often need much more water than people imagine
• Remove rose suckers and tree suckers.

Remove rose suckers and tree suckers.