YOUR PRUNING MONTH
the season, but October is always the first month of proper autumn. In a good year, we can still have some really warm, T-shirt weather, but in general expect high winds, rain from time to time and a rapid cooling off. This has its benefits, too. Moisture-softened ground makes clay soils easier to work, bare-root plants become available meaning rejuvenating our borders is cheaper, and the superb displays of autumn colour can hold on right through into late November. October is when the snip-happy
