Scent and colour from Honey Suckle

The scent and colour from the beautiful free flowering Honeysuckle gold flame is quite stunning at present. This free flowering climbing honeysuckle is correctly called Lonicera X heckrottii Goldflame and produces a stunning show of scented colour from early summer onwards. Climbing Lonicera or Honeysuckle is so easy to grow and is ideal for covering trellis, walls, and oil tanks and can also be used to cover banks and slopes in the garden as a ground covering plant. It is also suitable for planting at the base of damaged or dead hedging and garden shrubs where it will scramble and cover the dead stems.
Lonicera Goldflame is fast growing, will suit all soil types and produces a mass of colour, changing from bright pink to deep purple.

Plant Lonicera Goldflame in existing trellis or as a companion to clematis, climbing roses or through a hedge or garden shrub for additional and complimentary colour and scent.

June is a great time to plant scented honeysuckle in your garden.

Jobs in the garden this week..

1. Continue to plant vegetable Click here to see our Vegetable plants and herb plants Click here to see our Herb Plants throughout June, lettuce, cabbage, onions, cauliflower and broccoli plants can still be planted for several weeks to reward you with additional home grown vegetables for late summer and autumn.

2. Greenfly and caterpillars can be a nuisance this month on Gooseberries and blackcurrants – Apply a dressing of Caterpillar treatment to all fruiting plants. Caterpillar treatment will eliminate foliage pests and is recommend for both fruit and vegetable’s

3. Apple and pear trees are forming young fruitlets at present and will benefit now from a dressing of Potash which will encourage strong ripe fruit and also help to build strength and flower buds on all fruiting plants. Simply sprinkle the Potash granolas around the base of the trees. Potash can also be used on gooseberries and currents Click here to see our Potash Granolas

4. June is an excellent month to plant a hedge for shelter or screening in the garden. Choose from the deep green laurel, Portuguese laurel, green privet and copper beech Click here to see our Hedging Plants. Remember to add some Vitax Q4 fertiliser before planting Click here to see our Vitax Q4. Existing garden hedges will benefit from a dressing of Supergrow fertiliser now and again in late June to encourage strong growth Click here to see our Fertilisers

5. Plant garden lilies now, they have just come into flower and will add both flower colour and scent to borders or patio planters. Garden lilies are available in a wide range of colours and will flower this and every summer

6. Continue to plant fruiting plants - plant strawberries in pots and window boxes now, plant six or nine plants to give you lots of fresh strawberries in July and august Click here to see our Fruit Plants. Remember to feed your strawberries with one liquid feed as soon as the fruit begins to form Click here to see our One Liquid Plant Feed.

7. Border dahlias are free flowering and very prolific, they will flower from now up until early winter. Border dahlias are ideal for adding colour into patio pots, flower borders and beds and are so easy to grow. Many varieties if covered with a layer of compost in winter can be left in the soil to flower this and every summer.

8. Sweet pea’s have just come into flower in many gardens and now is the ideal time to feed sweet peas. I use One liquid feed every week from June to late July to encourage strong rich blooms which are ideal for cutting. Remember if you cut the sweet pea flowers on a regular basis you will encourage more flowers to keep coming Click here to see our One Liquid Plant Feed.

9. Coronet dwarf apples are covered in young fruit at present and now is the ideal time to plant a dwarf coronet apple tree in your garden or patio pot. The young fruits will produce a wonderful crop this summer. I recommend you plant three to four coronets to get a good return of sweet juicy apples this and every summer Click here to see our Coronet Apple Tree

10. Remember June is an ideal time to cut back spring flowering shrubs and climbers. Plants like Clematis Montana, Aubrietia, brooms, red flowering currant, and the bright yellow forsythia can all be trimmed now to give strong growth and flower colour next spring. I recommend you feed your spring flowering plants with grow more after pruning Click here to see Grow More

Horkans lifestyle & garden centre invite you to visit their new centre on the west road in Westport. Talk to Neil and his team of qualified horticulturists about the best selection of plants for your garden.

Horkans open seven days Sunday 12 to 6 pm. Bayleaf restaurant an Edinburgh woollen mills are open 7 days Sunday 12 to 6pm in Horkans lifestyle & garden centre turlough Castlebar co mayo. 0949031435