Watering and Feeding
- Water containers and baskets frequently, even daily if the weather is hot and dry.
- Feed plants in pots and baskets regularly, using liquid feed every two weeks or even every week to maintain growth and flowering.
- Ensure bedding plants in the open ground, as well as begonias and dahlias, are well-watered.
Pruning and Staking
- Stake perennial flowers if needed.
- Remove spent flower heads from foxgloves, lady’s mantle, and other self-sowing plants to prevent unwanted seedlings.
- Cut back lupins after flowering to encourage a second bloom later in the season.
- Stake dahlias that become top-heavy, especially the large-flowered double forms.
Sowing and Propagation
- Sow seeds of perennial flowers, such as lupins, tickseed, mallows, heleniums, delphiniums, and foxgloves, for flowering next year.
General Care
- Enjoy the blooms of bedding flowers, begonias, and dahlias, which should be in full flower now.
- Use perennial flowers as cut flowers for your home.
- Weed growth should lessen as plants grow larger, making garden maintenance easier.
By following these flower care tips in July, you can ensure a beautiful and healthy display of blooms in your garden. Proper watering, feeding, pruning, and staking will help your flowers thrive, while timely sowing will set you up for a lovely display in the coming year.
