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Colourful flowers to fill The June gapl

EARLY June can be a tricky time of year in the garden. The wonderful wallflowers of spring and the forget-me-nots and polyanthus have been barrowed off to the compost heap, the tulips have died away, and the main rush of shrub roses have yet to fill borders and beds with their colour and scent. Look around the garden at this time of year and it’s it’s easy to feel a little, well, underwhelmed.

It’s not just us gardeners who feel it, either. The so-called ‘June gap’ can be bad news for bees, too, as that unmistakable lull in the

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