AUGUST; welcome another month of adventure in the garden with lots of colour. We have so much going on in the gardens. There is lots of cleaning with flowering perennial and other flowering shrubs. Deadheading could be a daily job this time of year but feeding and watering as needed keeps the blooms going longer.
The Roses are reblooming and they are on special offer in the garden centre this week. We have some lovely colours, like Arthur Bell, gorgeous scents and some lovely Trumpeter red rose on offer. Pop in to see full range.
The perennial offer has spread throughout the garden centre; buy 2 get 3rd half price. The Nepeta Six Hill Giant is showing lovely colour as is the Rudbeckia, and one of my favourites is the Salvia Blue Swede Shoes. So if you have a gap or are extending the beds, we have a nice variety available.
Verbena Bonarasis is a lovely tall perennial with its nice purple flowers, and Crocosmia is another lovely orange flowering perennial great for the coast.
Echinacea, or coneflower as it’s commonly known, is available in lots of colours—orange, pink, yellow—a great perennial, long flowers and stunning flowers.
Filling pots? We’ve got you sorted. Lovely geraniums available and nice impatiens (or Bizzy Lizzy as they are commonly known) make a great combination of colour and beauty.
Maybe one side of your hanging basket is gone wonky—we have some lovely petunia trailing fillers just to help keep it balanced. And some nice filler for pots too if you find some gaps have appeared: nice fuchsia and million bells, some nemesia in a variety of colour.
This is also the time to start collecting seed from plants like cosmos and lupins and any other perennials you may have and want to increase in the garden. Keep them in a brown paper bag in a cool dry place and label each pack.
So with lots to keep us busy in the garden this August, have a think about the upcoming season: bulb planting in September. Do you want to increase the spring bulbs, add more bluebells or other variety to the garden? Now that’s some food for thought.
“Every flower in my garden whispers a joyful secret.”
