Draft Mzzz B's June garden

On sunny days the garden is full of bees of all kinds, as well as other flying insects like solitary wasps and hoverflies. This is the best time to do a survey of the bees and wasps in your garden. Buff tailed, white tailed ,red tailed, carder and garden bees, are all bees that you might find in your garden.
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Lots of Jobs in June

• Give Wisteria its summer prune, cutting all the long side shoots back to 20cm to promote flowering next spring.
• Support tall growing perennials with sturdy canes
• Continue planting summer bedding in pots and borders, and water regularly to help plants establish quickly
• Cut back spring-flowering perennials, such as pulmonaria, to encourage a fresh flush of foliage
• Tie in new stems of climbing and rambling roses horizontally to encourage more flowers.
• Take cuttings from pinks and carnations selecting non flowering shoots which should root readily.
• Pinch out the tips of fuchsias and bedding plants to encourage bushier growth
• Give container displays and hanging baskets a liquid feed every few weeks to encourage flowering
• Prune late-spring or early-summer shrubs after flowering, such as weigela and philadelphus, thinning out the old growth.
• Sow biennials like foxgloves, wallflowers, sweet rocket for next year.
• In the veg garden continuing sowing for succession
• Apply tomato feed regularly to fruiting veg crops, including tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins and chillies
• Take softwood cuttings from herbs such as marjoram and sage. Also soft wood cuttings of hydrangeas and pelargoniums.

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