Flowers garden job checklist - week 25

17 - 23 June 2013

It's time to...

Keep baskets and patio pots watered
Spray roses to protect them from pests and diseases
Cut the foliage of daffodils and tulips down to the ground
Trim box topiary and formal edging to keep it neat and tidy
Take cuttings of non-flowering new shoots from shrubs and pot them up in gritty compost
Rub greenfly off rose buds, or apply a soap-based spray
Lightly trim broom and genista after flowering to keep plants in shape
Water newly planted trees and shrubs if conditions turn hot and dry
Tidy up rock gardens, trimming off faded blooms, digging out weeds and replenishing mulches of grit
Keep a few bedding plants in reserve to plug gaps where disasters strike