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. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, we all want our garden to look its best in the summer - and with the help of King Charles ’ senior gardener, Jack Stooks, there’s plenty to do when it comes to flourishing your outdoor space this month. 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 with Betway , he says that now is the time to deadhead any of your flowers and plants in order to keep fresh ones coming. He added that gardeners also need to feed and water their gardens in the warmer weather to keep them looking their best. As well as sharing his advice on plants, Jack touches on which fruit and vegetables to pick and how to maintain your grass in the summer heat.
Flowers and plants Jack said: “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 .