What to do in the Garden
Summer
June
- H Apply and renew mulches
- H Fill gaps in borders with summer bedding and hardy annuals
- H Prune mature, deciduous shrubs - Deutzia, Philadelphus and Weigela
- H Cut down overgrown lilacs
- H Dead head regularly and cut back oriental poppies
- H Plant out Canna’s and Lily bulbs
- H Plant out summer bedding
- H Plant hanging baskets
July
- H Trim conifer hedges
- H Divide irises (bearded and other rhizomatous)
- H Feed late-flowering perennials - asters, chrysanthemums
- H Plant autumn-flowering bulbs - colchicums or autumn-flowering crocus, nerines
August
- H Deadhead roses
- H Prune rambling roses - all side shoots that have flowered can be pruned back to 1 or 2 buds from the main stem
- H Trim lavender
- H Trim hedges
- H Plant Madonna lilies
- H Collect seed from annuals