Keep Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Camelias well watered during dry spells. This is done to make sure they produce good flower buds for next year.

Rambler roses that have finished flowering can have some of their long stems cut back. Pick stems that have flowered leaving unflowered stems for next years blooms

Pick courgettes regularly. Leaving them on the bush will turn the fruits into marrows.

Sow, lettuce, winter spinach and spring cabbage directly into the veggie patch.

Runner beans will come into their own this month. Pick every day to make sure you get the sweets beans. If you have too many why not freeze a few for use later in the year.

Keep dead heading your roses. This will ensure that they continue to produce flowers right through until the end of the summer. Don't feed roses anymore, if you do you will end up with very soft foliage that may not ripen before the onset of winter.

Trim, yew, leylandii and other evergreen hedges this month. If you have a laurel hedge this is best done using secateurs. Using hedge clippers on laurel will cut the leaves in half and make the hedge look unsightly.