Top Tips for Gardens in June

We’re fast approaching the longest day of the year. The sun encourages us out into the garden but it’s only then as we’re sitting on our lovely patio with a Pimms in our hand that the warmth has tempted out lots of weeds – number one thing to do in this month will be battling the pests and keeping your garden looking tidy! Our advice is to do this little and often, rather than leaving it to do all in one go; the task will be much easier cut into smaller chunks. And your knees will thank you for it.

Another constant job for gardeners in early summer is dead heading. Your beautiful blooms will shrivel up and keel over as fast as the weeds sprout up to replace them, so keep on top of removing spent heads from pots, baskets and flower beds, and give them a good feed every now and again.

Depending on whether we get a ‘barbecue summer’ or simply a dismal, wet one, you’ll have to step up your watering routine, too. Give everything a good watering once or twice a week when it’s warm and dry, except for hanging baskets which really need water every day. If you have lots of trees and shrubs, and there are no hosepipe bans in place yet, leave a hose by the base of the plant for an hour or so, just on a trickle.

If you’re planting in June, just as at any other time of year, the most important thing is to water the plant in well, whether it’s a perennial, bedding plant or shrub. To do this properly, make sure that you give the root ball a really good soak in a bucket of water before you plant it – it’s ready when there are no more air bubbles popping to the surface.  Dig your hole, fill it to the top with water and let it drain, then put your plant in the hole. Once it’s in place, cover it with soil and then water it well again.

If you’re planning on spending time enjoying your garden, lounging on the patio and generally socialising outside, keep an eye on the moss that can grow on driveways and patios. Get rid of it along with any weeds as soon as you see them pop up, and hopefully you can stop them proliferating too much over the summer.

For more advice about garden landscaping, decking and more, speak to our experts at John Lessels Landscaping.