Your Garden In July
The three together can be devastating, flattening wildflower meadows, toppling pots, tearing or puncturing large leaves and snapping unsupported stems. If that’s not an option, water generously before you leave and move plants away from windows to a cool, shaded spot. Strip off any low leaves and plunge the stems straight into a bucket of fresh water until you have time to arrange them. If you are growing them for cut flowers, consider how you’ll move between plants to collect the best blooms before using nets or string.
The three together can be devastating, flattening wildflower meadows, toppling pots, tearing or puncturing large leaves and snapping unsupported stems. If that’s not an option, water generously before you leave and move plants away from windows to a cool, shaded spot. Strip off any low leaves and plunge the stems straight into a bucket of fresh water until you have time to arrange them. If you are growing them for cut flowers, consider how you’ll move between plants to collect the best blooms before using nets or string.
July is a good time to take softwood cuttings – these are made from the leafy growing tips of plants that have not yet developed any woody tissue. At night, moths will be drawn to night-scented flowers such as marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa, tobacco Nicotiana, honeysuckle Lonicera spp., evening primrose Oenothera biennis and hardy gingers Hedychium spp.. Bats might be spotted at dusk, catching insects as they fly.
If you have a pond, it’s likely to be the epicentre of wildlife activity in your garden, alive with baby frogs, toads and newts, dragonflies, damselflies and all manner of insect life.
During hot, dry spells, water sources can dry up quickly.
