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Now that we’re rolling into the final full month of summer, it’s time to head into our gardens, tend to our summer flourishes and plant for the autumn months ahead.

While this can feel like a bittersweet time of year as we see the closing out of our sunnier seasons, there is still plenty of planting and growing opportunity in the months ahead to look forward to.

Now, for the gardening jobs in the month ahead...

Deadheading, pruning and final plant feedings in August

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Deadhead dahlias and perennials

Horticulture Magazine explains: “Deadheading dahlias can keep them blooming from mid-summer right up until the first frosts, often as late as November here in the United Kingdom.”

Flowers still brightening in the garden as late as November? Sign me up. This also applies for perennials such as hollyhock, iris and milkweed.

Prune lavender and rambling roses

Speaking to Ideal Home Magazine, Morris Hankinson, the founder of Hopes Grove Nurseries, advised gardeners to prune lavender after flowering to “maintain shape and encourage bushier growth”.

He said: “Unpruned lavender plants can quickly become straggly and leggy, liable to sprawl and open up to reveal unsightly gnarled-looking branches that bear few flowers, once this stage is reached, they can be very difficult to rejuvenate as they seldom respond to........

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