Water shrubs well; those in containers may also need to be fed. Carry out regular deadheading throughout the season, unless the seed-heads are needed for decorative purposes, or for the seeds themselves. Prune shrubs that flower on old wood (e.g. lilac and Philadelphus) once they have finished flowering, so that there is plenty of light to ripen the growths made during the summer.
Soft tip and semi-ripe cuttings may be propagated in mid-summer; keep the cuttings in a bright (but not sunny) place until they are rooted. This will take two to three weeks.
In late summer, trim away the first spent blooms on buddleias, so that the secondary flowers appear cleanly on the bush. This is the time of year that propagation by chip-budding and side-grafting can be carried out on deciduous shrubs.
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