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Plant autumn-flowering crocus

5-10cm deep in the earth in beds or the lawn for splashes of colour and fragrance in September and October.

Keep your annuals flowering by regularly pinching off or cutting faded blooms. Do it just below the flowerhead and above the first full set of healthy leaves.

July is the time to feed repeatflowering roses with a specialised rose feed after the first flush of flowering. It will encourage a healthy second cycle of blooms.