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Summer in the garden is the time to enjoy the fruits of your labour, from a winter of preparation and a spring of feverishly getting everything ready for the sunny seasons ahead - the change from spring to summer is spectacular.

By now, the spring bulbs will have died back and the summer annuals that you have sown, tended and nurtured will be growing nicely such as calendula, rudbeckias and ornamental poppies - in June you should see them start to flower.

Dahlias will hopefully be growing larger by the day and showing signs of budding up. Blousy peony blooms will be ending the spectacular show they put on from late May to June. Turrets of colour will be erupting into the sky as salvias, hollyhocks, foxgloves and gladioli reach up to show off striking colours which act as a beacon for pollinators.

Let’s face it all the hard work must be for something, and that something is to enjoy the space you have created. Every garden space needs to be enjoyed, that is its job after all. Take your time to admire your accomplishments, you deserve it.

Written by JJ on behalf of the Bearded Growers

Elders will be flowering with the bittersweet strange musty-spicy fragrance that amazingly works well as a cordial. Summer is a feast for the senses. It’s easy to miss some of the amazing show nature puts on for us, but the most important thing to do in summer is to simply stop and pay attention to the garden, for no other reason than to simply admire its beauty.

Edibles will get going in June with salad crops and summer fruits giving you the joy of homegrownand a taste that no shop bought produce can compete with.

To ensure you keep everything looking good you will need to do some light weeding, keeping an eye out for the continual menace that is bindweed. Hopefully we will need to water more frequently if we get some warm early sunshine. the best time to water is late in the evening as the sun is setting. This is one of the most enjoyable times in the garden, when the day is done, just breathe in the garden as you give everything a good feed.

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