Monty’s month
July is another season from June.
ummer shifts and alters its angle. None of the freshness that June inherits from spring remains, but in its place there is a lushness and richness of colour, texture and sheer volume. Another wave of plants takes over the reins from the early summer flowering, and by the end of the month all the tender annuals – such as sunflowers, tithonias, zinnias, cosmos, nasturtiums and petunias as well as bananas, cannas and dahlias – are hitting their full stride. To accommodate this high summer flush of
