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If you would like help identifying birds in your garden, the app Merlin is excellent. Its free, picks up and identifies birds by their song, seems to be very accurate and is packed full of bird information. It has been developed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I'm not on commission its just very good! check it out in your app store.
Plants and Shrubs for June
Wiegela is a lovely early summer flowering deciduous shrub. It has delicate pink flowers, creamy white and green foliate and the bees love the flowers.
We are coming into rose flowering season. There is always room for a rose somewhere in the garden, even if it is in a container.
If your garden conditions don't suit lavender, try Nepeta. Easy to grow, tolerant of most growing conditions and very bee friendly.
June Garden Offers
A couple of offers caught my eye this week.
Crocus are celebrating 25 years with 25% off all plants- a great offer
Suttons have a deal of the week with mix and match veg plants to fill up your kitchen garden. Good sized plants discounted prices.
Gardening ideas and inspiration
Flowering plants and Perennials
There are so many perennials to choose from. Ideas and inspiration about the best spring and summer flowering plants, 20 great scented plants, and 10 easy grow plants.
How to beat the slugs and plant slug resistant flowers and shrubs.
Get more out of your plant with the best long flowering plants which bloom for weeks.
Pick up tips on drought-resistant plants and select the best climbing plants for your garden.
Plus detailed growing advice to get the right plant in the right place.
Wildlife friendly and sustainable gardening
The best plants to attract butterflies and bees into your garden. Which shrubs are most loved by birds.
Create a haven for birds and wildlife with a wildlife garden and natural planting.
Top tips for sustainable gardening and how to be a greener gardener.
The benefits of a garden pond as magnet for wildlife
All About Shrubs
Shrubs are the backbone of the garden. They add form and structure all year round. There are shrubs for all gardens, soils and aspect and many are maintenance.
For growing advice, ideas and images of spring and summer flowering shrubs.
12 of the best evergreen shrubs and fast-growing evergreen shrubs.
Shrubs for autumn and winter interest
and shrubs for shade.
Monthly gardening Calendar
The Sunday Gardener's monthly calendar is full of topical gardening tips
Month by month gardening advice to help you manage your garden.
Timing can be very important, especially around the tricky subject of pruning and what to plant out and when.
The month by month gardening guides will keep you on track and are a complete seasonal guide to gardening.
Grow your own veg.
Growing your own veg has become so popular, and rightly so. It lets you produce satisfying, fresh and wholesome veg and saves money.
It can be daunting at first. Why not start with the 10 easiest vegetables to grow?
Follow the Sunday gardener's step-by-step guides for individual veg growing requirement.
Short of space, check out the best veg for growing in containers.
Top Gardening tips
Top gardening tips including how to be a greener gardener plus 10 best ways to save money in the garden.
The 8 best ways to get rid of slugs and snails.
What is the Chelsea chop and how to use it.
Glossary: Frost Hardy. What does it mean and does it matter?
Make your own plant supports
