Plant this Bareroot rose planting season starts this month: single blooms are so much better for pollinators, so consider planting ‘Tottering By Gently’ a buttery yellow single shrub rose, or the blood red climber ‘Altissimo’. Leaf this There is little point removing fallen leaves from borders unless they are diseased: they’ll provide a warm duvet for wildlife. Mowing up leaves works a treat, too. Visit this Eighteenth-century landscape designer Humphry Repton was famous for his “red books” made for prospective customers. The Garden Museum in Lambeth, London, has 23 of them in an exhibition about his career; until 3 February.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2018 11:02 UTC