September at Moss & Moor: Garden Tips, Houseplant Inspiration & More
31.08.2025
As summer fades and autumn begins to show its colours, September is the perfect month to prepare your garden for the seasons ahead. Here’s everything happening this month at Moss & Moor – from Alex’s top gardening tips to our latest arrivals, featured plants, and Moor Rewards offers.
Our horticultural expert, Alex, shares his essential jobs for this month:
Pot up containers & baskets – fill them with violas, pansies and cyclamen for bursts of autumn colour.
Plant spring bulbs – daffodils, tulips and crocus can be planted now for dazzling displays next year.
Lawn care – scarify with a rake, feed, and re-seed any bare patches.
Care for wildlife – clean out bird feeders and restock ready for hungry visitors as the weather cools.
Secure plants – use tree and shrub ties to protect against autumn winds.
Tidy paths & patios – give surfaces a good scrub to remove slippery moss and algae.
Mulch bare soil – enrich and protect your beds with farmyard manure, bark, or Strulch mulch.
Keep colour going – deadhead late-flowering plants to extend their display into early autumn.
Alex’s Gardening Tips for September
September Plants of the Month
Plant of the month
Echinacea (Coneflowers)
Chosen by Kerstin
Echinacea are easy-to-grow perennials that bring bold colour to the garden from midsummer onwards. Thriving in sunny spots, they’re a favourite with bees and butterflies and need little care once established.
Plant them in well-drained soil, water well in their first year, and then enjoy their drought tolerance. Deadhead spent flowers for more blooms, or leave the seed heads standing for striking winter interest and natural bird food.
Kerstin’s Top Care Tips:
☀️ Plant in full sun, in well-drained soil
💧 Water regularly in the first year
🌱 Avoid rich soil (can make stems floppy)
✂️ Deadhead for more flowers
🐦 Leave seed heads for winter interest & birds
Houseplant of the month
Anthurium (Flamingo Flower)
Chosen by David
With glossy green leaves and striking blooms in a variety of colours, Anthuriums add a vibrant tropical feel to any room. In their native Caribbean and South American habitats, these plants grow as epiphytes in the nooks of trees — bringing a little rainforest magic indoors.
David’s Top Care Tips
- Light – Needs bright, indirect light to flower (too shady and it won’t bloom).
- Water – Allow the top few inches of soil to dry before watering. Avoid overwatering or soggy roots.
- Temperature – Keep warm, ideally above 15°C, and away from draughts.
- Humidity – Loves humidity – mist regularly for best results.
- Height – Slow-growing, reaching around 1m tall.
A stunning plant, but best admired in pet-free spaces.
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