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If you like the garden to look good all through the year just cut the top off the lawn and trim the edges the whole garden looks a good deal better. Although the ground is wet, the mower, set a little higher does a good job. Also remove the last few remaining old flower heads in the herbaceous borders.

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A shrub I can recommend is the late summer, early winter flowering OSMANTHUS銆赌heterophyllus which has rich dark holly like evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers in both銆赌September and October. The sweetly scented flowers hang in little clusters on the ends of the stems, but, if you want something a little different then the variegated variety OSMANTHUS H銆赌'Variegatus' is a good type for containers. Propogate from half ripe cuttings placed in cold frames in July.

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Feed winter flowering shrubs such as Viburnum 'Bodnantense' and Lonicera Purpusii with a slow release granular fertilizer for better flowers later in the season. If you have plenty of compost from last winters leaves then mulch with a good thick layer on all the herbaceous borders to protect roots from winter frosts.

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Cut back hedges especially evergreens such as Conifer types and use the opportunity to strike some cuttings for extra plants next year. Simply push pencil length cuttings into the soil in a sheltered spot and heathy stems should make a good root system ready for transplanting in the summer of next year.

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Once the leaves have completely fallen, spray Peach trees with a Bordeaux mixture to combat Peach leaf curl.

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Happy Gardening.