WATER GARDEN CALENDAR

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Now September is a time for clearing off decaying vegetation. Some of the marginals could have been cut back to one third and may have flowered again.

Koi keepers want to be feeding fish with good quality food to build them up for the winter.

You can collect offcuts from the plants if you want to propagate them. Just pull them off or cut them neatly as they emerge from a basket. If they have developed root hairs then they will be guaranteed to establish in any good heavy loam set in a well-drained pot sitting in about 2inches, 5cm of water.

It may be time to replace tired and overgrown plants in the marginal baskets next month, so these will be a useful replacement

Lilies should be the main attraction now along with the Fringe lily, Nymphoides peltata. A few bog plants like the Ligularias, the Lobelias and Astilbes may be putting on a show. This is when the robust foliage plants like the Hostas, Rodgersias,Rheums, Peltiphyllum and Petasites come into their own.