Pinching out and Deadheading

keeping things blooming

June is a highly floriferous month in the field, even up here on this windy chilly hill in North Yorkshire the ground temperature has increased. The biennials began to burst at the start of the month and by the end of June, the Hardy Annuals are blooming in the beds, and the roses have roused a ravishing display. In a month that heralds a spectacular display in the field, how as flower growers do we elongate this festival of flowers for longer than the buzz of Glastonbury weekend and continue this floral abundance into late summer and early Autumn?

Field-grown June Bouquet.

Many planning and practical methods, will ensure you have enough flowers to fill vases for the next few months. Initially through planning and planting a selection of Shrubs, Perennials, and Annuals with varied flowering times. Along with following the successional sowing times for annuals, that we discussed during the Spring.

Although once the season is in full flow there are other things you can do to help your plants provide you with more stems and continue to flower.