JULY is prime time for wanting to keep your garden in great shape, but it can be difficult to know what to do and when it needs to be done. Thankfully King Charles’ senior gardener Jack Stooks has revealed the jobs that should go straight to the top of your list. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, we all want our garden to look its best in the summer .
To help you get the best out of your garden, the expert - who has worked in the Royal gardens at Highgrove for more than 20 years - has revealed his top tips when it comes to all things plants and maintenance. Sharing his monthly checklist, he says that now is the time to deadhead any of your flowers and plants in order to keep fresh ones coming. You’ll also need to be feeding and watering your garden in the warmer weather to keep it looking its best.
Speaking exclusively to Betway , royal gardener Jack Stooks revealed the areas to focus on...
Now is the time to be doing any deadheading of plants. If you have any annual plants, you want to keep those fresh flowers coming - you don’t want them to go to seed, as they won’t produce many flowers. If you are doing that, you also want to be giving the plants feed and water to keep them as healthy as possible.
Cutting back can be done now as well, so when you are looking at a border and things have gone too far over, you can trim those bits back. Mulching beds is important now. If you are doing border work, this will keep the moisture in and suppress the .
