Gardening Tips for October/November

Text by Caroline Turner and Judith Scott.  Photos by Caroline Turner.

October/November is a good time to sow sweet peas as you will get larger, more robust and earlier flowering plants next year. Sow in root trainers or small pots and leave in a frost-free place over winter. Pinch the tips out when they reach about 10cms tall to encourage bushier plants.

Make up an outdoor pot of winter flowering plants for example, winter heather, hardy cyclamen, Christmas rose, winter pansies, Ajuga, dwarf conifer and Carex grasses. All underplanted with your favourite Spring bulbs. This can be placed near the front door for colour and interest throughout the Winter into Spring.