• Prune the roses from mid-July until early August.
• Regularly water spring flowering shrubs, bulbs and flowers
• Fertilise winter flowers with a liquid fertiliser once or twice a month
• Water lawns once a month in warmer areas.
• Protect tender plants with frost guard cloth.
• Water flowers in containers every second day.
• Protect conifers from conifer aphid by spraying the stems and foliage with an organic insecticide or use insecticide granules sprinkled around the base of the conifer.