Cuttings, seeds and compost

• August gardening
• Onions, hedges and roses
• Cuttings, seeds and compost
• This month's garden tips

4 Make a note of any lacklustre areas of your borders so that you can plan where to plant flowers that will bloom in August for next year. Try sedum, hardy cyclamen and Aster novi-belgii (Michelmas daisy) for some late-summer colour.

5 Take cuttings from tender plants, such as fuchsias and pelargoniums. Place several in a three-inch pot filled with equal parts silver sand and compost, and overwinter them in a frost-free place.

6 Collect seeds from annual plants. Dry them and place in labelled envelopes for sowing next spring.

7 Spread well-rotted, friable compost around fruit bushes, rhubarb and asparagus, and anywhere else in the garden that needs feeding.

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