Jobs to do this month

• Protect tender plants with fleece.

• Make sure pots are raised up to allow good drainage.

• Bareroot plants can be planted out from now.

• Rake up fallen leaves from lawns and borders and bag up for leafmould.

• Gather up canes and plant supports and store until needed next year.

• Move dormant shrubs that are in the wrong place.

• Pot up winter containers with cyclamen, heathers and winter pansies.