July is usually the hottest month of the year, now is the time to sit back and enjoy the results from all that hard work.  Plants will look their best for longer if regularly dead headed.  Keep new plants, bushes and trees well watered, using dish water where possible, and keep hoeing those weeds.

Jobs For July

• Check clematis for clematis wilt
• Water tubs and new plants if they are dry
• Deadhead bedding plants and flowering perennials
• Give the lawn a quick-acting summer feed
• Hoe borders
• Rosemary - Feed container plant.  Take semi-hardwood cuttings from non-flowering shoots or layer plants
• Lavender - Trim after flowering.  Take cuttings
• Thyme - Take cuttings.  Trim back after flowering

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1.  How to attract birds to your garden
2.  How to attract bees to your garden
3.  Sowing and growing wildflowers