[Fluffywelshsheep]

Flowers

# Use secateurs to remove suckers growing from the stems of standard roses
# Tie tall border plants like delphiniums to their supports
# Finish planting out dahlias, cannas and summer bedding
# Cut back dead and dying foliage on spring bulbs
# Deadhead camellias and rhododendrons after flowering
# Train clematis shoots to their supports
# Feed acid-loving plants with a special liquid fertiliser containing iron, such as sequestrene
# Finish dividing hardy primulas
# Prune early summer-flowering shrubs like philadelphus and deutzia once the flowers are over
# Sow seeds now: wallflowers, sweet Williams, Canterbury bells and forget-me-nots


fruit and veg
# Finish planting out vegetable crops, including tomatoes, beans, courgettes and sweetcorn
# Sow summer salads in guttering to grow quick crops
# Use netting to protect developing and ripening fruits from birds
# Tie in new shoots on blackberries, raspberries, loganberries and other cane fruits
# Water gooseberries and strawberries to encourage fruits to swell
# Plant cold-stored strawberry runners from mail-order fruit specialists for crops in just 60 days
# Thin out emerging raspberry canes if they're too congested, leaving new canes about 15cm apart
# Use soapy sprays at the first signs of greenfly and blackfly
# Thin out congested fruits on apples and plums - the remaining fruits will grow far larger if competition is reduced
# Sow seeds now: lettuce, rocket, spinach, beetroot, dwarf French beans, runner beans, radish, carrots, calabrese, mini-cauliflowers, spinach, chicory, endive, kohl rabi, peas, spinach beet, swede and turnips



but as gardening is about what you like and want to do ignore all the above and get on with the bbq lol

Linz

[northfifeduckling]

when the need for sleep gets abolished and I've sifted and shifted all the top soil from the greenhouse, I'll get on with all the fruit and veg jobs - flowers will get even more neglected this year than previous...

[Fluffywelshsheep]

lol