July
In The Flower Garden This July
Deadhead bedding plants and perennial plants to stop them self-seeding and to enourage further flowering.
Cutting back growth in hanging baskets can encourage new flowers and foliage and will revive the display. Make sure you feed your baskets well after doing this.
Continue to tie in and train new growth on climing plants.
Cut back faded perennial plants to keep borders tidy.
Prune wistera now. Just remove the whippy side-shoots from the main branch framework to about 20cm from their base (about five leaves from the main stem).
Cut back hardy geraniums and delphiniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage new growth and further blooms.
Keep an eye on your newly-bloomed hydrangeas for hydrangea scale – a sap-sucking insect that can affect growth.
As your penstemon flowers fade, cut them back to just above a bud to encourage more flowers.
Keep and eye out for pests on plants, early treatment is best.
Top Tip:
Deadhead sweet peas regularly to keep them blooming. Water daily in dry weather.
- Water plants if dry daily, but be water-wise
- Deadhead bedding plants and flowering perennials
- Clear algea, blanket weed and debris from ponds
- Give the lawn a quick-acting summer feed
- Plant second cropping potatoes now to give you new potatoes for Christmas
