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Hassocks
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The beginning of the autumn, with cooler days and nights and windier weather, although hot weather is still strong possibility till the end of the month.

• Flowers and bedding.
  Wallflowers are available from the bank holiday onwards but only until about Bonfire Night,so make sure you get them in time. Some winter pansies and other autumn and winter bedding will also be around, but remember your summer bedding will last until mid October so don't be in too much of a hurry. Continue planting spring bulbs.

• Perennials.
  Continue dead heading and cutting back. Feed Dahlias and bring pot grown Chrysanthemums into the greenhouse.

• Shrubs and climbers.
  Start planting evergreens towards the end of the month. Stake them well as they won't have enough roots growth to hold themselves upright if it is windy. Trim Phlomis and Senecio after flowering, unless you want to leave the flowers on for winter interest.

• Trees and hedges.
  Trim hedges, prepare beds for new planting. Start planting evergreen hedging from the end of the month.

• Roses.
  Dead head and spray. Prune once flowering climbers, ramblers and weeping standards. Clear up all dead leaves as soon as they fall and burn rather than compost them. Many rose problems like blackspot, rust and mildew overwinter on dead leaves to reinfect the plant next year.

• Lawns.
  Scarify, aerate and re-seed. Use autumn lawn food. The more preparation and work you put into your lawn in the autumn the less you will have to do next year and the better it will look. From now on you can start to turf and seed as long as the ground isn't water logged or frozen.

• Vegetables.
  Sow overwintering lettuce, lift maincrop carrots.

• Fruit.
  Finish summer pruning of apples and pears.Pick autumn fruiting raspberries. prepare storage space for apples and pears.

• Pond.
  Feed fish as live food is becoming scarce. Many oxygenating and floating plants overwinter as buds on the bottom of the pond. These can be collected  and stored overwinter in a waterfilled jar in a cool place.

• Greenhouse.
  You may need to put up the insulation this month,  and possibly turn on the heating.Sow next years annuals.

• Indoors.
  Bring in any houseplants that are in the garden ,checking them for pests before bringing them in. Move plants back to South and West facing windows from North and East facing ones. Water and feed a little less.