- Get out and enjoy all the bloom in your garden
- Finish editing any spreading perennials
- Keep up with weeding, especially weeds with seedheads
- Finish mulching beds, or ideally plant spreading groundcover or short perennials to reduce quantity of mulch needed
- Finish planting by month’s end when the hot weather begins
- Deadhead peony, iris, roses, and other perennials after bloom
- Pinch tall plants back by half and do this twice before the 4th of July to control sprawl later (Aster, Boltonia, Helenium, Helianthus, Amsonia)
- Allow poppy foliage to ripen and go dormant, then pull it off once browned out
- Tie up any flopping canes of climbing rose or honeysuckle
- Change spring container plants to a summer look
- Harvest scapes (curling seedheads) of garlic to direct energy into the developing bulb
- Feed garlic with fish fertilizer twice during June to provide extra nutrition and encourage large bulbs to develop
- Harvest lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard and other leafy greens often before they bolt
- Replace parsley plants from last year as they push out flower stalks, set seed, and turn bitter tasting
- Conscientiously water new plantings following our summer watering instructions: Summer Watering Guidelines *** When watering please follow your town guidelines for water conservation and adhere to any restrictions (ex: watering every other day).