Well there is quite a lot that can be done in July…so wrap up and get rid of cabin fever, winter blues or whatever you may be suffering from.

Start pruning your roses. Begin with climbers then standards and then bush. If you are not sure where too start come into the garden centre and I will talk you through it. If any of your roses have very little new growth or not much top at all, you would be better to dig it out, remove the old soil and plant a newer variety, which will be more vigorous and give you more flowers. Why spend time on a plant that is not going to reward you with flowers.

Prune stone fruits [plums, peaches etc], apples and grapes.

Plant onion plants, and continue to plant broccoli etc, silver beet, pak choy and lettuce.

Now is the time to plant garlic, asparagus and strawberries. Try strawberries in a pot or hanging basket.

The garden centre is full with beautiful large grade deciduous trees, such as flowering cherries [weeping and upright], Weeping silver Pears, Gleditsia Sunburst [a quick growing, yellow foliage shade tree], and the first order of fruit trees [apples, plums and peaches]. Next delivery is due early July.

July wouldn’t be the same without the sweet perfume of daphne. Plant one now so you can enjoy that scent this time next year.