STAR OF THE MONTH
Cornus kousa
We all know and love dogwoods for their spectacular bracts earlier in the season. In old films you can sometimes see behatted and bustled ladies bidding farewell to departing troops/children/lovers by waving their delicately laced handkerchiefs as the train pulls out or the carriage rattles away. That is what a cornus in flower looks like a flutter of white as the spring breezes blow.
At this time of year, the naturally hanging leaves begin to gather a touch of burgundy and soon they will fall, their job done until next year.
The tree tends to look thirsty in summer because of the droopy leaves. Shelter from winds and do not overwater. Height x Spread 7m x 5m
OLD YELLER
If you were a European settler in America, trundling your covered wagons around the untamed wilderness, then you would be familiar with the Kentucky yellowwood. It would not have been much use to you unless you were a bee or using your spare moments for woodturning), but it has evolved into a very useful garden tree with scented flowers in spring and a cracki organic-egg-yolk yellow leaf colour in autu
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We love June
We're cruising towards midsummer: this is a month full of love and abundance. Wherever you look there will be something in your garden that lifts the spirits and makes you glad to be alive. We have colour to cheer us, we have leaves that still have the bounce and freshness of small puppies, we have the first berries fattening up, there are birds frantically parenting very demanding broods of chicks, the bees are all over the place, it's prime barbecue and picnic season, and we have lawns as lush and green as billiard tables. What a month to fall in love.
Your wildlife month
The female will usually lay one clutch of up to eight eggs
An edible garden in pots
Join Lucy Bellamy in creating an edible container garden for all seasons, as she harvests what's ripe now and starts later-season crops
Garden craft with kids
Fill the summer holidays with fun nature makes for kids, including botanical printed t-shirts, seed sowing in upcycled food containers and a hanging home for beneficial insects. Jaime Johnson and family show you how
Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN
Using a colour theme is an easy way to give any garden a strong, unified character - Nick Bailey shows you how
Indoor plants, outdoor treats
Break the rules and give your house plants a summer holiday, with Michael Perry's mixed pot display ideas
YOUR PRUNING MONTH
The first few weeks of summer are a good time to get spring-flowering plants in shape. Follow Frances' guide for best results
Gardening for wellbeing
As the pressures of modern living bear down, our outside spaces can provide soothing respite for our minds and bodies, says Arit Anderson
Your greenhouse guide to A fruitful summer
Get the best from your greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops this summer, with these tried and trusted growing tips from Adam Frost
Stars of the show
Agapanthus is the perfect midsummer plant, flowering with spectacular blooms from June onwards and, as Monty explains, it loves to grow in a pot
