Gardening Jobs For June

June plants

• Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’
• Pink Hawaiian Coral Peony
• Astrantia
• London Pride (Saxifraga x urbium)
• Silene fimbriata

(all available at Palmers)

June Jobs Checklist

• Hoe weeds on hot days
  
• Water pots & hanging baskets regularly
  
• Dead head your flowers
  
• Plant out summer bedding plants
  
• Feed planters & hanging baskets fortnightly
  
• Prune flowering shrubs
  
• Erect supports for herbaceous plants
  
• Feed lawn with high nitrogen fertiliser
  
• Add straw around base of strawberry plants
  
• Plant out tomato plants
• Earth up potatoes
• Hunt for slugs and snails after dark!

General Maintenance

• keep those pesky weeds at bay. Try hoeing them on warm days and leaving them on the surface to wither in the sunshine
• still keep an eye on any really tender plants at night time, just in case the frost rears it’s ugly head again
• keep your garden well watered, particularly if it’s hot. Why not try a bit of recycling and collect your rain water to reuse.

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Flowers and Plants

• deadhead your flowers. Your flowers will thrive more if you remove any old spent flower heads
• plant out your summer bedding – a full variety available now at Palmers
• give your hanging baskets, pots and containers a feed every now and then
• cut back tender shrubs like penstemons, once the frost has disappeared
• towards the end of the month you need to prune your flowering shrubs, cutting out the oldest bits of wood right down to the base
• keep your Roses healthy by treating with a fungicide spray to clear off black spot and mildew. Try and do this in the evening to prevent harm to our much needed bees
• erect supports for herbaceous plants, like your Peonies and Delphiniums, this should help prevent collapse
• tie in sweet peas using a soft twine
• plant up tubs and containers to add instant colour to your garden
• thin your annuals fortnightly to prevent them becoming spindly

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Lawns

• feed your lawns with a high nitrogen fertiliser
• MOW! Try to mow your lawn weekly, this should help it to stay healthier
• water your lawn to prevent it drying out in the hot weather

Fruit

Those delicious strawberries should be showing now, a sign that summer is truly on it’s way.

• add straw around the strawberries to keep the fruit away from the soil
• keep all your fruit watered well and keep away weeds
• protect your fruit trees and bushes with netting else the birds might eat them all

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Vegetables

• vegetable seeds can still be sown this month, we have a full variety available at Palmers
• plant out your brussels, cabbages and broccoli
• plant out your tomato plants, again we have a full variety available at Palmers. Be sure to use canes for support
• earth up your potatoes to prevent sunlight getting to the tubers turning them green

Don’t Forget The Birds

• keep supplying them with fresh food and water
• we have a full range of seed and feeders available at Palmers…a great gift for Father’s Day

Garden Pests

• Protect your new shoots from slugs. Try using egg shells, or some slug pellets

Enjoy your garden and make the most of the sunshine!