Now that June has arrived the garden is fully of life. Below are a few June Garden maintenance tips to help your garden stay its best.
- As soon as blooms fade on early flowering herbaceous perennials cut off spent flower stems this helps to prolong the flowering period of some plants
- Plant half hardy annuals raised under glass as soon as possible
- Thin biennials and perennials sown in the open to create room for the plants to develop, and replant in a nursery bed
- Lift bulbs from spring bedding schemes as soon as possible
- Cut back old flowering stems of alpine phlox, aubrietas and other trailing plants to keep them trim and avoid seeding
- Complete planting of aquatics and alpines as soon as possible to give them a good season of growth
- Water borders in an evening
- Keep hedges clipped, try not to leave too much time between clipping to encourage a thick and healthy hedge
- Dampen floors and benches in greenhouses on warm summer days to prevent the air from becoming unduly dry
- Hoe borders regularly to keep on top of weeds, and on hot days leave dug up weeds on the soil surface to rot down
