Your garden comes alive in November

ALONG with all gardeners in other provinces, you have to keep planting for birds and butterflies.

Wild dagga, September bush, pentas lanceolata and the wonderful buddleja range of dwarf butterfly bushes are highly recommended to make your garden come alive.

Cut back perennials that have finished flowering, give them a good dose of compost and 6:1:5 fertiliser and they will flower again.

Remember to keep on deadheading summer annuals as well as roses.

Trim back lavender to encourage new growth for an autumn flush.

Check for whiteflies, they love the heat of summer. When spraying, try to get the spray in from under the plant as these little flies sit underneath the leaves.

Try something new in the food garden and plant blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. They will provide fruit from August to January every year, depending on the variety.