June is the month to enjoy the fruits of your labors. All that time spent weeding, pruning and coaxing your plants into life has paid off, and your borders will be brimming with color and scent. While there is still much to keep you occupied in the garden, above all else, I would recommend taking a moment to sit back and enjoy the bounty of early summer.
Now, break over. June is the perfect time to sow biennial seeds. If you are wondering , put simply, biennials are plants that have a two-year cycle.
Sowing biennial seed this month allows for germination and growth before the end of the summer. During the fall and winter, biennials will enter a dormant state, before continuing to grow and blooming next year. While this might seem like a long-winded process, a small amount of effort now will produce masses of beautiful blooms next year.
So, if you are considering , adding 1, 2 or more biennials to your to-sow list is a good idea. Here, I share my favorite biennials to plant this month, all of which I have sown and grown in gardens where I have worked, both in heritage gardens in the UK and country estate gardens in Italy. June is a busy month in the garden.
There are many jobs on the , not least watering, feeding, and choosing what . This month is the ideal time to sow biennial seeds, and your future self will thank you for it. It is a good idea to sow biennial seeds in trays or modules and place them in a greenhouse, cold frame, or windowsill.
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