For many teachers and students, August equals hazy summer holidays, but in gardening terms August is the month where the first signs of autumn begin to appear and it can be a month in which the garden starts to fade if left untouched. That doesn’t mean the plants have finished, though.
Late summer flowers now begin to come into their own, and can be set to continue performing right through into autumn. Traditionally, August is the month in which the pruning of evergreen shrubs, hedges and topiary is carried
