Posts by Elizabeth Davies

After the recent rain and warm weather annuals such as cosmos, asters and tagetes are flowering well, adding late colour to gardens. Deadhead where possible to keep them flowering and prevent them setting seed.

The rain at the end of July will have done much good, but it has spoilt the roses that are flowering now, so I give them a light prune, a feed of Fish, Blood and Bone and hopefully in a few weeks time they will have a second crop of flowers.

After a very dry month, at last a drop of rain, although we need more. Some plants have done well and the roses have been spectacular with more flowers than usual, although they haven’t lasted long in the heat.

Spring is finally here, although good gardening weather changes from day to day.

How good to see the snowdrops, aconites, crocus and early daffodils, spring is just around the corner and the village green is looking lovely!

Slight frosts have turned dahlia foliage black and it is time to cut them down.

GQT – Many thanks from Scruton Allotments to everyone who supported our Gardeners’ Question Time, we raised over £200!

The recent welcome rain has seen roses flowering for the second time. Later flowering perennials such as Helianthus and Michaelmas Daisies have recovered well from the dry weather.

Another hot, dry month has spoilt many summer plants, but it has suited plants like lavender which has been covered in flowers.

The gardens have suffered from hot, dry weather in July, but the roses have been wonderful and now is the time to do lots of dead-heading.