The Potting Shed
November 2019
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Working
Jobs to Do in the Garden this Month
Taken from this month's Newsletter - Still time to get the garden ready for winter...
Prune deciduous trees and hedges, removing dead, diseased or damaged wood. Leave evergreen hedging until spring
Begin harvesting Brussels Sprouts from the bottom of the plant upwards
Finish planting garlic by the end of the month
Plant Tulip bulbs now, and finish planing any remaining Daffodils and Narcissi
Plant bare-rooted trees, shrubs and hedges such as yew but remember to stake and support to around a third of the way up the trunk
Tie in long whippy shoots of climbers and wall shrubs
Continue to rake up fallen leaves from the lawn and around the base of plants - keep in a separate heap for leafmould
Tidy borders clearing old herbaceous stems and dead foliage and lightly forking over the soil
Be prepared to use a greenhouse heater on very cold nights if you are overwintering tender plants
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Regenerative pruning - Never be afraid to “treat ‘em rough”! - Chris S.
This is wonderful display of fresh healthy growth on this Hibiscus syriacus is the result of some drastic pruning of a very large, old, and ugly plant down to just 12" main stems. It's certainly transformed it and injected some new life. For plants like Hibiscus, Buddleja and many other summer-autumn flowering deciduous shrubs, the best time to do this is in Spring. The roots will store all the food reserves over the winter and should quickly sprout new growth on the shortened stems once growth restarts. So if you have a tired old shrub, don't dig it out just yet - wait until Spring, give it a hard prune, and see what a transformation you can achieve.
Relaxing
What's Looking Good in the Garden - Lots of Berries this Year...
Callicarpa bodinieri
Rose Hips
Shaggy Inkcap, Coprinus comatus
Holly
Mahonia × media 'Winter Sun'
Pyracantha
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'
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Thinking
This Month's Wordsearch
Visiting
Places to Go and Things to Do
See what's happening at other local clubs via the Surrey Horticultural Federation web site
WGC November Club Meeting - 'Wild Britain - Channel Islands to Scotland', Nigel Choat, Tuesday 12th November, 8pm
SHF AGM and Quiz. Normandy Village Hall, Sunday 17th November, 2:30pm - 5pm
WGC December Club Meeting - Christmas Social, Tuesday 10th December, 8pm
Christmas at Kew - See the Gardens light up for an unforgettable after-dark festive trail of lights. 20th November - 5th January , 5pm – 10pm. Advance booking only
Enchanted Botanical Christmas in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley - 6th December – 5th January, 10am – 3.45pm
Glow 2019 at RHS Wisley - 7th December to 5th January, 4pm–8pm, Advance booking only
WGC January Club Meeting - Winning Water Gardens, John Negus, Tuesday 14th January, 8pm
WGC Club Lunch - Sunday 20th January 2020, 1pm. The Nags Head Inn, Bagshot Road, Knaphill, GU21 2RP. Menu Available Here
Further ahead: The SHF Spring Talk: Adam Frost, 26th March 2020, Normandy Village Hall, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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