June Gardening

June gardening news & views

Were you inspired by the wonders of Chelsea Flower Show?

June is always a busy month for gardeners- finish putting out your bedding plants and put shading on your greenhouse to stop the interior from over-heating so that tomato plants & trays of young plants inside will not be scorched.

Step up watering & gradually increase ventilation to help plants withstand the warmth.

Hanging baskets are filling up nicely, they are ready to hang up now---check your brackets first.

Early flowering clematis are doing well, carefully train them into the shape YOU want.

This clematis is climbing through a ceanothus.

Soloman`s seal (fully hardy) brightens up a shady spot, but can be invasive.

Rhododendrons are thriving with a dose of sequestrine.

Superbum(Polygonum) are at their best – but need to be controlled.

Choisia-Sundance lightens up a shady area & will flower again in Autumn.

Spireas (bridal wreath, Snow-white & Snowmound) will need flowering stems cut down as they fade.

Alliums have flowered well despite foliage withered by frost.

Runner beans in a tub are growing quicker than those in open ground.

Early potatoes in a tub are looking very healthy.

These are the second boiling from a few early seed potatoes planted in an old hanging basket on 28^th Feb. 

Lawns:- rapid growth means weekly mowing, no better way to show off your borders!