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Rootwise is a calm, plain-English gardening guide for UK and Irish gardens. Find plants that suit your soil and light, see what needs doing this month, and skip the jargon.

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November

This month in the garden

The garden winds down. Plant tulips and bare-root roses, trees and hedges, protect tender plants and pots from frost, gather leaves and keep feeders topped up.

• Plant tulip bulbs
• Plant bare-root roses, trees and hedging
• Raise pots onto feet and wrap tender plants
• Gather leaves for leaf mould

See all November jobs

Start here

• Plant finder

  Filter 80 plants by light, soil, height, flowering time and hardiness.

• This month

  Jobs for flowers, veg, fruit, lawns and wildlife, plus what's in flower.

• Grow your own

  Sowing and harvest calendars for 24 vegetables, fruit and herbs.

• Problems & pests

  Work out what's wrong from the symptoms, then fix it gently. 24 guides.

• How-to guides

  Pruning, composting and sowing seeds, step by step.

Reliable plants to start with

• English lavender

  Lavandula angustifolia

• Hardy geranium

  Geranium

• Clematis

  Clematis spp. and hybrids

• Bigleaf hydrangea

  Hydrangea macrophylla

• Lenten rose

  Helleborus × hybridus

• Rose

  Rosa (garden hybrids)

• Japanese anemone

  Anemone × hybrida

• Snowdrop

  Galanthus nivalis

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