June 2005

In my garden June's star is Buff Beauty,a Pemberton Musk hybrid with a definite but delicate fragragance it grows into a bush with a spread of at least 8ft in all dimensions if planted in the open. I use it against the fence in my front garden where it acts more as a climber than a shrub. It has one glorious main flush but also produces sporadic blooms in Autumn.

June 3rd.

Despite a cold start to the month (a slight frost at the beginning)the surfinias in pots and hanging tubs are doing well and I am harvesting my Tom Thumb lettuces.

June 7th

Tomatoes on Sungold and Gardener's delight in the greenhouse have set and the cucumbers and melons ware doing OK.

June 10th

I set out for six days in Ireland tonight. Yesterday and today have been a frantic watering and planting out of lobelias and dahlias. I have left all the trays I haven'tmanaged to put out plus my pots outside the conservatory door. It looks as if I am running a nursery! My friend Carol has promised to come in and water them