June’s weather is set to give garden plants a boost - RHS

JUNE’S weather is proving a boon for gardeners, with plants set to be taller and more ladened with flower than in recent years, horticultural experts have said.

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The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said prolonged rain, combined with June's long daylight hours, has seen garden plants surge in growth.

And with a change in the weather forecast to be on the way to warmer, sunnier - but not too hot - days, the horticultural charity's experts said there would be the “perfect combination” of conditions for garden plants.

The conditions are proving a boon for weeds too, which the RHS said was good for wildlife. But where weeds have become unwieldy or risk squeezing out garden favourites, they should be hoed or removed while they are still small and vulnerable, the charity suggests.