#summergardening Archives - Andrea Whitely Garden Consultant

OK, so it’s hot out there but that doesn’t mean that you should abandon the garden for the couch and the cricket.

Frangipani blooming its head off in the heat of Summer

Here are five great suggestions to keep your garden looking fabulous all Summer long. Please do all of these jobs in the morning, we don’t want you or your plants wilting. Also, you don’t need to do everything all at once. slow down, it is Summer after all.

This year let’s start by mindfully gardening, you are not really in a hurry, are you? Let’s find joy in the flowers and the birds and the bees enjoying the space that you have created for them as well as for yourself.

Take your time, take it easy. Put some lovely music on while you garden and enjoy your beautiful space. Just a little task each day will give you the results you are chasing for a beautiful garden space.

Let’s be realistic, it’s the holidays and you do need to make time for other things like the beach, a spot of fishing, a stroll around the airconditioned shops, coffee with a friend, long brunches, or reading a book in the shade under a tree.

It’s perfect timing for a heatwave if you ask me. Netflix has just released the latest season of Grace and Frankie and it’s going to be an absolute scorcher outside, most of this week, so, well…. I can’t possibly garden, can I?

Yesterday, at my place it got up to around 41 degrees Celsius, that’s about 106 in Fahrenheit and it is darn hot and your plants will feel it as much as you but as you will, so can your plants survive….here’s how.

GET UP EARLY

Early morning is the best time to get out there and water your plants by hand. So, grab yourself a nice cup of tea or coffee if that’s your poison and head out into the garden. Man (or woman) yourself with the hose and a good shower head attachment, I love the DRAMM rain wand attached to the hose as it allows me to get right up into my hanging baskets. I have the short one and the long one and have been trialling them over the past two years, they are sturdy and strong and don’t leak. The DRAMM rain wand is not made of plastic and so can withstand the hottest sun without cracking or splitting.

DRAMM Rain Wands come in all these glorious colours

BE THE PERFECT HOST…..NOT EVERYONE NEEDS A DRINK RIGHT NOW

Your finger is the best moisture monitor you will ever own, so before you water your containers, check first that the soil is not still moist. If it feels dry when you stick your finger (I use my pointer finger) into the soil then it needs a drink, it’s as simple as that. I hear from so many people that they are watering every day and their plants are “still wilting” wilting or that the plant looks floppy which in fact can be a response to too much love and too much water! Most containers only need watering three times a week, indoor ones even less. Please do not water your indoor plants and outdoor containers every day, they absolutely don’t need it.

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