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What to do NOW: August 29 - September 4

Trees, Shrubs and Roses

Trimming of all evergreen hedges - cypress, thuya, holly and laurel - can be carried out about now. As growth is nearly over for the year, there will be very little new growth and the hedges will stay neat until about May. Even this late in the growing year, young trees can benefit from watering if they arppear to be struggling - they can still make some growth in the remaining couple of months. Preparations for autumn and winter planting can be made now — it is a good time to apply Roundup to kill existing grass and weeds.

Flowers

Spring bulbs are appearing in the shops and it is a good time to make an assessment as to new locations for bulbs. Tidy up messy perennial flowers, but be sure to leave good stems and seedheads, such as agapanthus, fennel, lysimachia, dierama, phlomis and monarda, for autumn and winter display. Bedding and container annuals will last longer if given some liquid feeding now — they still have two months in them but will fade long before that without feeding and regular watering.

Lawn

If there are some warm days, it keeps soil temperatures high and good growth of grass results. Little need be done except to keep the grass mown. Autumn lawn fertilizer could be applied if the grass is a bit sluggish through lack of nutrients. Moss control using sulphate of iron could be carried out where there is a problem

(Information source: www.garden.ie)

Micheal Quinn: Dip. Hort. National Botanic Gardens - 6 Gleneaston Lawns, Leixlip, Co. Kildare

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