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Help to tidy up garden borders
Justin Hopkins2
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Hi, I am a complete novice gardener, we have a lovely garden with lots of plants. the trouble I am having is that other than cutting the lawn and massacring bushes I don't know how to tend to the borders...they are looking 'scruffy' pictures below....any help/tips much appreciated......
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hello Justin; I would start off by weeding. If you don't know which is a weed and which isn't, just post photos on this forum and people advise you. At this time of year some plants will need a bit of a hair cut; again, post pics for advice. Good luck with your garden, which actually looks rather nice
Hi Justin
What a lovely garden 
As Artjak says, weeding's the main thing to do at the moment, with a bit of cutting back for some plants after they've flowered, to encourage them to flower again this summer.
Also if they've not had any fertiliser this year a top dressing of Fish Blood & Bone (according to directions on the pack) and water that in if you don't get a good downpour in the next few days, will also encourage flowering into the autumn.
Can I suggest that you take pics of each flower/plant and make a list of what you've got - then we can give you more help if you need it?
If you can't identify the plants that's no problem - post pics on here and we'll have a go!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
what a lovely garden, if you think that's scruffy nip round here!my front garden is all herbacous beds, 2 triangles with stone path, i can barely get to most of it, i've labelled all plants and taken photos and plan to split/remove/move a lot in autumn, for such a small space i'm making lots of work!
The garden you have looks lovely, very impressed with your hedging skills!