Jul 03 2008
Garden Maintenance in July – 2
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Once you have the vegetable garden under control it’s time to look at the more decorative aspects of your garden – the flowers and trees. One of the things I love doing is pruning – sometimes I can be a little over enthusiastic, but generally most things will benefit from a good ‘haircut’ as my Dad would have said.
Hedges need regular clipping – especially if they are fast growing varieties and you will need to trim any shaped hedges or elaborate topiary pieces in the garden too so that they look their best. Wisteria is something that grows well around here and that will need any excess growth taking off if you want it to be at its best next year, as will your deciduous magnolias. One job that you mustn’t neglect either is to cut out any shoots on your variegated shrubs that have reverted back to single colour. I used to have a running battle with a fuchsia which had self seeded – but it throws flowers in two distinct colours representing each of it’s parents, in this case the fuchsia won and I just let it do it’s own thing now.
It’s important to apply regular feeds to your containers plant and any summer bedding if you have them. Dead-heading is also an ongoing task to keep everything looking good. One job I will be doing this week is dividing up my Irises now that they have finished flowering. I have some that are almost black and I want to use them as an accent colour in a couple of place in the garden. Whilst I am planting those I shall probably also plant my crocus – they can wait a little if need be.
