Providing this month’s tips is Richard Baines, Curator at Logan Botanic Garden
Out & About: On this month at Edinburgh’s Botanic Gardens is a chance to see ‘Behind the Scenes’ at the Botanics on June 30th between 1 - 2pm. For more information go to
www.rbge.org.uk
GARDENS OF THE MIND
The highlight of the 2010 summer season at the National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh, will be a ground-breaking exhibition on the subject of paintings of Impressionist Gardens. This major exhibition will include spectacular loans from collections around the world, and will be the fi rst ever to be devoted to this fascinating subject. Famous names of Impressionism will be represented such as Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Manet and Sisley. From July 31st to October 17th. This will be the only UK showing.
This month’s garden tips & to dos
GET TRIMMING June is the ideal month to trim back evergreen hedges once fl owering has fi nished. All fl owering shoots of plants such as Berberis darwinii should be cut back suffi ciently to give
the hedge a neat, tidy appearance.
shoots out each year. This will keep the plant young and vigorous and produce a stronger growing, more free fl owering shrub.
RUNNING AWAY If strawberries are left to their own devices they
will produce innumerable runners PRUNE WISELY Renoir: Woman with Parasol in a Garden
GREAT GARDENS TO VISIT THIS MONTH Glen Lyon House, Fortingall, Perthshire Interesting garden framed by hedges with colourful herbaceous borders and fruit trees. Kitchen and cutting garden. Pond. Open July 4th 2pm - 5pm, and by arrangement from June 1 to September 30th. Manor Cottage, Ross A new one to open this year, this is on a working farm on a windswept bay off the Solway. The garden is a wildlife haven with a superb sunken garden and wonderful views. Open by arrangement June and July Blairwood House, Blairs, Aberdeen Ten-year-old garden designed to sit in the surrounding countryside and provide colour through seasons without requiring too much maintenance. Open by arrangement June 21st - September 7th. To fi nd out more about these and other gardens open go to www.
gardensofscotland.org
Any shrubs that flowered during May or early June can also be pruned now, however this will depend on the type of shrub that is being grown and the amount of space that it has been allotted. For example pyracantha should be pruned annually when grown against a wall, but it is not necessary to prune them at all if they are grown as free standing shrubs.
KEEP YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL Climbers such as Clematis montana and chaenomeles, ‘quinces’ should be pruned to keep them tidy. With free standing shrubs such as ‘mock orange’ and ‘deutzia’ it is a good idea to prune about one fi fth of the older
during the summer and autumn. To produce new plants, runners can be pegged down with a metal pin into either a sunken pot or directly into the ground. After approximately three weeks the runners will have rooted and can be transplanted into their new positions. It is important to keep the runners and parent plants well watered during the rooting process. With the rising cost of fruit, why not start off a new strawberry bed or give some to your neighbour?
RUNNING AWAY
Now is an ideal time to make successional sowings of crops such as radishes, turnips and lettuce. These can provide an ongoing harvest throughout the summer months.
DISAPPEARING ACT It is common during dry spells that some of the soil around potatoes will have disappeared. It is important that the soil is earthed up around the stems to stop the tubers turning green. Continuing on that note, watering can take up a lot of our spare time during the summer. Considered using mulches around the garden? These can be very attractive and enhance your garden’s appearance, they conserve moisture and also help prevent weed growth.
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