If you have pots which nestle up against your house or a garden wall or fence, they may not be getting a good soaking during rainfall. This because they are in the rain shadow of the house, wall or fence: the dry area which is sheltered from rain-bearing winds.
Mint is perennial which means it will come back year after year. The plant will go dormant in the Winter, but it will sprout again in Spring. Mint can be divided and re-potted in Spring or Autumn.
You may be doing a happy dance if your garden has been blessed with rainfall in this bakingly gorgeous Summer but don't put away the watering can just yet!
With the continuing trend for recycling all manner of materials for use as planters and objects of interest in your garden, you might like this clever use of old tyres, painted white and used as planters.
On a visit to Glenveagh Castle Gardens in Co. Donegal, Ireland, I had the pleasure of seeing the Dahlia 'Matt Armour' in full bloom and in absolute abundance in the garden.
How are your plants surviving in this fantastically, hot weather? You may be struggling to water your plants as often or as much as you would like but do not despair as there are steps you can take to water more effectively in hot weather.
Why would you cut off all these lovely flowers on your Pelargoniums when they are in full, glorious bloom?
If you ever get the chance to visit the garden, Lanercost, in Busby Road, Carmunnock, do not think twice, as a wander round it will not only delight and amaze you, it will inspire you with a new found love for plants!
Here's a quick tip for storing all those plastic flower pots which congregate in corners of your garden.
Ideal for moist shady borders, the Primula Japonica, grows to about 45cm tall and bears beautiful, bright, crimson-like flowers on tall, upright stems above a large, basal rosette of light green, lettuce-like, crinkly leaves.
The Chelsea Chop is quite simply a useful pruning technique that you can use on some of your herbaceous perennials to delay or extend the flowering period.
The absolutely fabulous foxglove is one those garden plants that I just could not be without! Their skyscraper stems of blooms bring colour and stature all around the garden and they do well in partial shade which is so useful for lots of areas but especially at the back of borders which can often back on to hedges or fences.
The Pink Wheelbarrow 