Plant of the month – Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Fröhnleiten’

Garden Fuscia Garden Butterflys

This rose reaches its full glory in June when the it erupts into a wonderful display of colour and fills the air with a heady fragrance.

Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’ is one of the many cultivars of English roses that can be planted in a formal style with a range of colours from deep, velvety red through oranges and yellows to pale creams and crisp, clear whites.

Top 10 jobs for June

  1.      Hoe borders regularly to keep down weeds
  2.     Be water-wise, especially in drought-affected     areas
  3.     Pinch out sideshoots on tomatoes
  4.     Harvest lettuce, radish, other salads and early     potatoes
  5.     Position summer hanging baskets and     containers outside
  6.     Cut lawns at least once a week
  7.     Plant out summer bedding
  8.     Stake tall or floppy plant
  9.     Prune many spring-flowering shrubs
  10.     Shade greenhouses to keep them cool and prevent scorch