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Keep flower beds well weeded. Remove faded blooms. Watch for aphids.

Harvest blooms of lavender now to keep the plants tidy and encourage more blooms.

Make sure you keep the soil moist but not soggy around ferns. They may become dormant if they get to dry.

Seed your fall pansies now for beautiful fall blooms.

Now is the time to pick those beautiful perennials for a fresh bouquet indoors. This will also encourage more blooms on most perennials.

Stake and tie, top heavy plants such as foxgloves and delphiniums.

Cut back Babies Breath to encourage a second set of blooms.

Salt deposits can build up in the soil of container plants. This will cause the foliage to burn. Flush out these deposits with water once during the summer.

Plant fragrant Buddleia now.

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SUMMER GARDENS:

"Besides their cullinary uses, many herbs such as variegated and tri-color sage, various germanders, mints, and tymes are also useful in oramental plantings.
Steve of: Tacoma WA

"Parsley is pretty in the border of a flower bed as well as good for your health"
zeda of gilmer, tx

"I find it interesting to plant flowers such as impatiens in several different areas of my garden to experiment with sun and shade. It is neat to see that my biggest impatiens are the ones that get 50-50 sun/shade. The leaves are huge and they are definitely the best looking plants in my garden! "
Jessica of Ocean Pines, MD

I have a regular herb garden with about 15 annual herbs. I also plant pretty herbs amongst my flower beds. The foliage, flowers and of course the perfume eminating from them on a dewy morn is pure extasy. I've been known to "graze" while out weeding or just strolling and day dreaming. Does anything leave a sweeter taste in your mouth than a sprig of fresh mint?
Mar of Canada

My herb garden not only gives me fresh accents for cooking and garnishing but is a wonderful addition to floral arrangements. I use Rosemary as a filler with Gerbera Daisies and the wonderful fragrance is superb. When the daisies are spent, I cut off the stems on the Rosemary and hang it to dry, or put the herb in a cruet of vinegar or olive oil.  The result is outstanding for dipping bread and cooking. 
Lynn of SC

I grow my carrots and lettuce in my flower beds with my pansies. As the vegetables grow and are used so do the pansies and the beds always look full lush and colourful.
Diane of Tiverton, Ontario

Shasta Daisys. We've always had a hot summer here in Redding, Californa; but this year has been starting off with a real bang with temps over 100 degrees on quite a few days now, even though we're still in June. (109 and 105 several times already). I mention this because the trees around my garden have been recently trimmed (butchered is a better word) by the management of this complex.

Although I try to stay on top of my gardening (watering - weeding - fertilizing), the heat is starting to do it's damage. My beautiful roses are drying up almost as soon as they bloom. (My back yard shade is GONE)!  I'm waiting to see how my Shasta Daisys are going to fair. One plant is almost gone. The rest are just about ready to bloom.

An elderly lady lives down the street from me and has beautiful Shasta Daisys. We'll see how mine fare.  My tip to share... Don't let a crazy old man who thinks he owns the place get ahold of the trees surrounding your residence.
Mary of Redding, CA

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