The Potting Shed

July 2021

The height of Summer

...And hopefully some weather to match. Enjoy the new Worplesdon Garden Club July Newsletter

Working

Jobs to Do in the Garden this Month

July - The Height of Summer

  • The recent wet and warm weather in June has been good for plants and weeds alike - keep weeding or hoeing on dry days

  • Extend the flower-show in your garden by regular deadheading; especially for the summer favourite, sweet peas

  • Continue to feed annual and perennials fornightly with a high potash/potassium (K) liquid fertiliser such as Tomorite

  • That high potash feed should also be used weekly on tomatoes and cucumbers growing in pots or growbags

  • The lower leaves of tomato plants can be removed to allow more light to reach the ripening trusses

  • Keep pots, containers, and hanging baskets well watered and try not to let compost in these containers dry out completely as it will become very difficult to re-wet

  • Sow seeds of biennials such as wallflowers (Erysimum), foxgloves (Digitalis) and sweet rocket (Herperis), and perennials such as primulas, pansies and violas

  • Succession sowings of lettuce, carrots, beetroot and radishes should also continue in the vegetable garden

  • Garlic should be ready to harvest towards the end of the month as the leaves start to go brown and drop

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Sow primula seeds from green seed pods

Relaxing

What's Looking Good in the Garden

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  • Primula Inshriach candelabra hybrids

  • Achillea 'Walther Funcke'

  • Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'

  • Primula Inshriach candelabra hybrid

  • Veronica spicata

  • Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer' & English Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'

  • Astilbe 'Fanal' (× arendsii)

  • Rose 'Roald Dahl'

  • Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea

  • Geranium 'Rozanne'

  • Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst'

  • Dianthus carthusianorum

  • Water Iris, Iris 'Black Gamecock'

  • Geum 'Mrs J. Bradshaw'

  • Rose & Clematis

  • Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'

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Thinking

This month's wordsearch with some topical words

Visiting and Seeing

Places to Go and Things to Do - In Person or On-Line


  • The Worplesdon Garden Club Open Gardens day is Sunday 1st August - visit some Members' gardens and finish up with a nice cup of tea and some cake!

  • The Worplesdon Garden Club Coach Trip will take place on Saturday 4th September to Pashley Manor Gardens and King John's Nursery. Details on the Coach Trip page

  • See what's happening at other local clubs via the Surrey Horticultural Federation web site

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Remembering

The Old 'Potting Shed' Pages

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