YOUR PRUNING MONTH
June has some of the finest weather we experience in the UK. The nights are at their shortest, which means that those in the most northerly parts of the country may never get full darkness, and even at the most southerly points, the evenings are drawn out, long and balmy.
This is lovely for us gardeners and crucial to many of our plants. These short nights influence flowering in summer-flowering plants, helping fill our gardens with colour and the buzz, which need just a light trim, and spring bulb leaves, which can be cut six weeks after flowering. Removing bulb material too early or tying it up can reduce vigour for the following year. Birds may still be nesting in shrubs, so go easy with the hedgetrimmers and focus on any flowering shrubs that no longer look their best.
