Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: June tasks, from weeding to planting Peonies, delphiniums, irises and hardy geraniums are part of the June scene Helen Chesnut Jun 1, 2024 4:15 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Previous Next 1 / 1 Roses are a major feature in the June garden. Many, like this Don Juan, continue blooming intermittently through summer and into fall. Summer-flowering clematis vines also begin blooming in June, like this Clematis viticella Alba Luxurians flowering with the rose.
HELEN CHESNUT Advertisement Expand Listen to this article 00:05:01 I’ve been paying special attention to the carrots and shelling peas this spring, both plantings having been fried by the unusually high heat in May of last year. Until last year, I’d always managed to grow enough of these staple vegetables to see me through to the following spring. Apart from rabbit-nibbling of a few pea plants, both plantings are doing well.
In the midst of this busy planting season, I deemed it a bit of a triumph to accomplish an early weeding of the carrot bed, before the small, ferny plants became overwhelmed by vigorous weeds. I added bok choy to the carrot bed this year, because there was room and bok choy, like the carrots, needs row cover protection against insect pests. Grouping plantings that need this insect protection together, under one cover, simplifies their care.
Bok choy is a vegetable I use regularly in preparing meals. It adds a.