June in the Garden

June feels abundant. The garden is full now we have roses unfurling, borders softening, vegetables climbing, and every corner asking for a little attention. The longer evenings seem to stretch the days, and suddenly there’s more watering, more tying in, more harvesting, more flowers to deadhead.

It’s busy, yes but oh so beautiful too.

June is about keeping the momentum going. Feeding, sowing, pruning, supporting, and encouraging the garden through its most generous season.

What to Do in the Garden in June

• Sow Biennials - Now is the perfect time to sow biennials such as wallflowers and lunaria for blooms next spring. It always feels slightly magical sowing for a season so far away, trusting future-you will be grateful for it.

• Deadhead for Continuous Blooms - Keep deadheading roses, cosmos, sweet peas and other flowering plants to encourage continuous blooms throughout summer. A few quiet minutes spent snipping each evening makes all the difference.

  
  

• Thin Apples - Towards the end of June, reduce developing apples to around 2–3 fruits per cluster. This helps improve airflow, reduces strain on branches, and encourages larger, healthier fruit later in the season.

  
  

• Remove and Store Spring Bulbs - Once the foliage has fully yellowed, spring bulbs in pots can be lifted and stored somewhere cool and dry, ready to be replanted in autumn.

  
  

• Stake Dahlias - Dahlias grow quickly at this time of year and benefit from support before they become too tall and top-heavy. Staking early prevents damage later on when summer storms arrive.

• Cut Back Your Hylotelephium - Cutting back hylotelephium (formerly sedum) now encourages bushier growth and helps prevent plants from flopping later in the season.

• Prune Spring-Flowering Shrubs - Once flowering has finished, shrubs such as weigela, deutzia and forsythia can be lightly pruned and shaped to maintain healthy growth and flowering for next year.

• Prune Topiary - June is a lovely time to trim topiary and evergreen structure in the garden. Fresh growth has softened edges by now, and a gentle reshape keeps everything looking neat through summer.

• Keep Sowing - The time is now for succession sowing and direct sowing. Keep sowing salads, annual flowers, carrots, beetroot and herbs little and often for a continuous harvest and long-lasting colour.

  
  

• Feed and Water Pots - Containers dry out quickly in warm weather and need regular feeding to thrive. Sweet peas especially are hungry, thirsty plants and will reward consistent care with armfuls of flowers.

  
  

• Tie In Cucumbers and Tomatoes - Tie in climbing vegetables regularly to keep growth healthy and manageable.If yours are already racing away wonderful. Mine are… not quite there yet this year. Maybe it’s not me, maybe it’s the weather.

What’s Happening in the Garden?

• Roses begin to take centre stage

• Pollinators fill the borders from morning until evening

• The first real harvests begin

• Long evenings make everything feel softer and slower and more achievable

  
  

June gardens feel full of possibility a little wild around the edges, beautifully abundant, and constantly changing.

Final Thoughts

June is a month of tending. Supporting plants as they grow, encouraging flowers to keep coming, watering deeply, sowing continuously, and staying connected to the rhythm of the garden.

There’s always something to do now but there’s beauty in that too.

Especially in the quiet moments between the jobs: watering in the evening light, tying in tomatoes, or cutting sweet peas before breakfast.

The garden feels generous in June.

All my love, love from Donna 🌷