While you’re standing at the BBQ, sizzling chicken on the grill and handing out chilled drinks to your friends, remember that your garden friends will be extra thirsty this month too.
Gardens should explode with colour and fruit this month, as long as you don’t let them dry out.
A heat wave is settling in for the time being, so now is the perfect chance to take some time out and relax in your garden. While you’re there, you may find a few things to do to keep your garden healthy.
To assure your garden’s tidy, you could:
Dead head bedding plants to keep them flowering for longer
Cut back and feed Delphiniums and Geraniums to encourage a second flowering period
Tie in climbers such as Roses and Clematis to trellis, fences, and walls.
Train new growth diagonally or horizontally to encourage more flower buds.
And to maintain your perfect garden, you could:
Save water by mulching borders – a layer of 2-3 inches will help keep down weeds too
Move pots and containers into the shade to stop them drying out so quickly
Water well throughout July and August as plants prefer a regular, deep soaking to help develop strong roots
Water in the early morning before the heat of the day
Hoe your borders to ensure that weeds don’t take over if you go on holiday.
Now to protect your beautiful flowers, you could:
Try a weed killer or, if you prefer a natural approach, dig them out.
Cut down wilting stems to ground level and the surrounding soil sprayed with a fungicide.
Treat any black spots you may find on your Roses.
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