Plant this
Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea,) is a bit feral, often turning up on waste ground, but it’s also garden-border-worthy. Spires of grey-green foliage put out tiny purple flowers all summer long; it’s loved by bees, drought-resistant and unfazed by poor soil. If purple’s not your thing, try shell pink ‘Canon Went’ or ‘Springside White’. Height and spread: 90cm x 30cm.
Visit this
Renowned plantsman and nursery owner John Massey opens his private garden in Kingswinford, West Midlands, occasionally, and today is a chance to see the three-acre plot in all its summer glory. Highlights include a stumpery full of ferns, and South African and tropical borders.
Check this
It’s time for pre-harvest fruit tree maintenance. Give grass under trees a trim and keep your eyes peeled for fungal disease brown rot (usually brown splotches on the skin) and remove to the green waste bin.
