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Its nature’s natural time for gardening.The earth is still warm for planting and its the perfect time of year to plant so roots can establish over winter. So with an autumn tidy up, look for opportunities to plant this month's 5 favourites for creating a garden with year round interest and colour.
In October we recommend you plant:
Callicarpa bodinieri giraldii
- Medium size deciduous shrub with narrow elliptical leaves
- Lilac flowers in late summer followed by purple berries
- Tolerates most soils but prefers good light position
- Attractive autumn foliage colour is a bonus
- Berries stay on shrub throughout winter
Polygonum baldschuanicum
- Commonly called ‘Russian Vine’ or ‘Mile a minute’
- Very rampant self clinging deciduous climber
- Masses of creamy white flowers in summer and late autumn
- Ideal screening plant for garden eyesores
- Tolerates most soils and positions
Skimmia japonica Rubella
- Evergreen shrub of compact dome shape habit
- Produces open cones of red budded flowers in winter
- Flowers turn white when fully open in early spring
- Tolerates shade and most soilsIs good for seaside and industrial areas
Nandina domestica
- Commonly called the ‘Sacred Bamboo’
- Generally a semi-evergreen graceful Bamboo like shrub
- Cones of pure white flowers in summer followed by red berries
- Attractive autumn colour tints to foliage
- Prefers a sheltered position in full sun and tolerates most soils
Buxus Sempervirens
- The ‘Common Box’ is ideal for hedging or topiary work
- Evergreen shrub of compact habit that’s ideal for clipping
- Many different varieties that will grow to small or large sizes
- Thrives on most soils in sun or shade
- Makes an ideal small edging hedge to borders
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