It’s summer time at last

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Summer has finally arrived, and all our gardens and patios and balconies are ablaze with colour.

New flowers and foliage is emerging every day.

Roses, perennials, rrees, and shrubs full of blossoms, scents and busy insects buzzing and humming, pollinating as they go.

All your summer bedding, patio and basket plants can be planted out now.

They come in every colour, trailing and upright for full sun or shade.

Check with your nursery or garden centre staff to select the best.

Choose from hundreds of varieties, Geraniums, Begonias, Bizzy Lizzie, Marigolds, Lobelias, Fuchsias, Petunias, Trailing, Upright or Bush, to suit every situation.

Vegetable plots, greenhouses, all your tender Beans, Tomatoes, Courgettes,

Cucumber, Chillies, and many more can now all be safely planted or potted out to get the summer sunshine for strong growth and heavy cropping.

Fruit bushes, and plants may need to be netted to protect from birds and mammals so that fruit is in tip-top condition for eating.

Sowing of vegetable seeds can still be carried out for later crops of fresh Carrots, Lettuce, Spring Onions, Peas, and Beans. Late planting of seed Potatoes can still be done. Lawns can be fed and weeded. Seed can be sown, for repairs and renewals.

Feeding of all your pots, baskets, containers throughout the summer with liquid or granular feed.

This will be essential for more flowers, fruits, and health. Make the most of these summer days, sit back and enjoy all your gardens and plants it’s a wonderful time of year.