What to do in the Garden - July

 
 

JULY 2022

THERE’S PLENTY TO DO THIS SUMMER - Lets GET GARDENING…

What to do in July?

Other than watering, watering, watering - what else should you be doing this July in the garden?

Some easy jobs

  • Put saucers under your potted plants - they will act as a reservoir for plants to draw from during these long hot days.

  • Make more plants with Summer propagation - take advantage of our seed and propagation sale to get next years perennials and biennials and your winter pansies started from seed or take some summer softwood cuttings. (see below for details)

  • Deadheading - take the faded heads of your flowering plants to encourage further flowering and prevent them setting seed

  • Pick courgettes before they become marrows (unless you love marrows!) and harvest your lovely veggies and fruits.

  • Give your lawn a summer feed - especially if you haven't fed it in Spring. Try something like Evergreen 4 in 1 complete - thickens and greens lawns, controls weeds and moss. Our bags for with extra free are an absolute bargain for members - usually £29.99, members of our Friends Club can get 4in1 to cover 400sqm for only £19.99. Always follow the instructions on the back of the packet.

  • Holidays and houseplants - ensure yours survive your holiday by ready the RHS advice here we stock capillary matting which is so useful.

  • Feed your plants in baskets and containers - water on fertilisers are easy to use - these can be purchase as powders granules or liquids to dilute or ready to use; the concentrates are more cost effective of course. Miracle Grow All Purpose water soluble plant food acts to green leaves, strengthen roots, give you more flowering and increase resistance to disease - priced £6.99 or £4.99 for Friends Club Members.

Summer propagation:

You can take cuttings of your existing plants (examples below) to make yourself new baby plants for use next year. If they are rooted well you could even plant them out in Autumn.
What can I take cuttings from? Examples include Argyranthemums, Buddleia, Callicarpa, Calycanthus, Caryopteris, Euonymus, Forsythia, Fuchsia, Hydrangeas, Lavatera, Lavender, Nemesia, Osteospermum, Pelargonium, Penstemon, Petunias, Rosemary, Salvia, Sambucus, Viburnum and Verbena.

How to take propagate from summer cuttings

Gardener’s World advice with links to other methods of propagation How to Take Summer Cutting
RHS advice Taking Softwood Cuttings

Sowing Seeds in Summer

Summer is a great time to start biennials, some perennials and some hardy annuals off as seeds. Sowing in summer also causes less mess as you can keep your seeds outside and you have longer sunnier days .

Edibles to sow? dwarf french beans, salad onions, spinach, chard, spring cabbage, carrots, peas, pak-choi, lettuce, fennel

Ornamentals to sow? winter pansies, aquilegia, foxglove, lavender, lupin, delphinium, grasses, geum, rudbeckia, stocks, dianthus, scabious, hellebore, hollyhocks , wallflowers, echinacea, potentilla to name but a few.

Get your seed trays, propagators & seeds at HALF PRICE from Sat 9 Jul 22 .

 
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