Take your time to enjoy your garden. Sit down have a cool drink and look around you. While sitting there you will probably see some things that you have to do, because that is the way it works after all.
Lawn
- Mow the lawn every week or every other week.
- Keep the lawn a little longer than usual (3-5 cm (1.2-2 inches)) to prevent scorching and preferably mow in the evening.
- Feed the lawn for the second time if you have done this before in April. The lawn has to be fertilised three times a year with a three months interval.
Pruning and training
- Cut new stems of vine back to the forth leave.
- Cut long, thin stems of the Wisteria back to about 15 cm from the main stem.
- Prune the pleached common limes (Tilia europaea ‘Pallida’).
- Prune June flowering shrubs such as Weigela and Philadelphus after bloom.
- Do not forget to check for nesting birds before you start pruning. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects bird nests so it is an offence to damage or destroy them.
- Tie-in new growth of climbers.
- Deadhead to encourage the growth of new flowers.
Planting
- Plants, shrubs, hedges and trees in containers can be planted all year round but it would be wise to wait until autumn with shrubs and trees. It may become quite dry which might prevent the successful establishment of your new trees and shrubs.
- Autumn-flowering bulbs can be planted now.
Other
- Place a bowl of water for the birds and the hedgehogs.
- Remove weeds.
- Watch out for diseases and pests like snails, slugs, aphids and scarlet lily beetles.
- Look if plants need some extra staking.
- Check if the ties around the trees are not too tight or too loose.