Garden Guru2020-08-18T15:23:30+01:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Garden Maintenance, Gardener's advices, Uncategorised|Tags: asters, August, echinaceas, flower garden, garden jobs, gardensrus, hardy geraniums, lavender, rambling roses, rudbeckias, scotland, West Lothian|
Here are five tasks to do in the Flower Garden in August: After flowering, prune Rambling Roses. Carry on hoeing the soil to keep the weeds down. This should be done in dry and warm weather to ensure that any weed seedling left on the soil die back and do not regrow. Stake perennials such as [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:18:58+01:00July 10th, 2020|Categories: Garden Maintenance, Gardener's advices|Tags: clematis, cut flowers, garden jobs, July, lavender, philadelphus, prune shrubs, roses, things to do in the garden, wisteria|
Here is a short checklist of things 'To Do' in the Garden in July relating to Climbers, Shrubs and Trees: Cut Lavender for drying. Deadhead and prune Roses. Clip fast growing hedges and Privet. Prune Wisteria and Philadelphus. Take softwood cuttings of shrubs. Take cuttings of Clematis. And thinking ahead: Order Spring flowering bulbs from [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:18:37+01:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Garden Maintenance, Gardener's advices, Uncategorised|Tags: bees, English lavender, french lavender, lavender, lavender harvest|
Lavender is at its peak at the moment and its a great time to harvest the Lavender flowers (whilst retaining some for the Bees) before the sun draws too many of the fragrant essential oils from the Lavender flowers. So what can we do with our Lavender? Well here are a few ideas: www.countryliving.com/gardening/garden-ideas/g1864/lavender-crafts-and-recipes/ When [...]
