It’s the height of summer and we are enjoying the many varied blooms this time of year brings despite the hot weather!
Regular watering is still needed to keep everything looking green, colourful and healthy, tricky with the current hose pipe ban but good exercise using a watering can!
Keep on track with regular weeding and pruning of shrubs to shape and maximise flowering. Read on for beautiful gardens to visit and events to enjoy this summer.
Look out for…
Crocosmia – Montbretia – Emberglow and Lucifer are two varieites we have recently planted. Sword-like green leaves with amazing vivid red flowers that catch the eye
Erigeron – Mexican fleabane – small pretty daisy-like flowers, ideal for wall or paving crevices, self-seeds and spreads easily
Lavandula – Lavender – many varieties, intense purple colour, prized for its fragrance and popular with bees and butterflies
Painshill Park in Cobham, Surrey is a picturesque 18th century landscaped park, with a lake, grotto, ruined chapel and vineyard. Now it’s summer there are many exciting outdoor events planned in the gardens, including comedy, theatre, cinema, tai chi, and drawing and painting workshops.
Great gardening tips from The Guardian on how to extend the growing season and prolong your plants, including dahlias for colour, caring for tomato plants and collecting seeds.
Mayfield Lavender Farm near Banstead, Surrey is a stunning place to visit and wander through 25 acres of lavender fields. There’s also a cafe and shop on site to purchase your own lavender plants or products. Open June to August.
A graceful perennial with long slender stems, which hold white fading to pink, star-shaped flowers from May to September.
Ideal for inclusion in planting schemes for its versatility, drought-tolerance and long flowering time.
This clump-forming deciduous perennial can reach up to 1m high and 50cm wide.
It enjoys a sunny position with fertile, moist, well-drained soil, and is fully hardy.
• Great in an informal planting setting or cottage garden
• Looks lovely intertwined with grasses in an herbaceous border
• Can be planted in large clumps for effect, or can be used as dot plants throughout the border
• Gives good airy height to a planting scheme, and moves freely to give interest
Enjoy these delicate flowers that are aptly named for little butterflies fluttering in the breeze.
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Best wishes
Toby and The Urban Gardeners team
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