June Newsletter 2025
Hello June!
“Fresh and alive and gay and young,
June is a love song, sweetly song”
🌼 Annual Plantings Are Underway!
Annuals are officially going into the ground and containers, bringing vibrant color and fresh texture to your landscapes. Thanks to ideal conditions, they are off to a fantastic start!
🌧 Rain Showers– A Gift for Gardens
This past month’s frequent rainfall has done wonders for the gardens. The steady showers have thoroughly soaked the ground, giving roots a deep, healthy start and reducing the need for supplemental watering. It’s a perfect time for plants to settle in and thrive.
🌿 Thank You!
A big thank-you to all our clients who took the time to fill out our Client Preferences Form — your input helps us serve you better. We’re currently booking new design projects and would love to bring fresh ideas to your outdoor spaces. If you’re thinking about a garden refresh or a full redesign, let’s talk! Follow the link above if you would like to fill out the form.
June To Dos
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Watering: Consistent water! With so many new plants in the ground, our Maintenance crews big focus is to make sure they don’t struggle with dry roots.
Weeding: We are consistently looking for those pesky weeds!
Fertilizing: While fertilizing your annuals often is very important, we also are feeding the perennials. It starts at planting, we include compost, fertilizers and amendments to the soil to give every perennial and shrub their best fighting chance.
Pruning and Deadheading: We have done a bulk of our pruning in early Spring but we are still on the lookout for any dead or damaged branches from trees and shrubs.We will get back to our main pruning tree and shrub pruning in the fall. Right now we can focus on keeping the perennials and annuals looking great and producing more blooms. Removing any spent flowers from your annuals and perennials to encourage more blooms and improve the plant's overall appearance.
Pest and Disease Management: Checking your plants regularly for signs of pests like aphids, caterpillars, and slugs. We use organic treatments as necessary. Also keeping an eye on disease control, like powdery mildew and blight. We remove affected leaves to prevent spread. You might see us adding things like Cinnamon to prevent fungus infection, Cayenne Pepper and Irish Spring soap sprinkled to deter Deer.
Staking and Supporting Plants: Support tall plants: Stake tall plants like Peonies, Tomatoes, Sunflowers, and Baptisia to prevent them from falling over as they grow.
We keep an eye on the weather, and adjust as necessary based on the season's trends.
A Family Visit to Garden in the Woods
Our family had the pleasure of visiting Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts this past month—and what an inspiring experience it was! The gardens are filled with a stunning variety of unique native plants that sparked plenty of ideas and appreciation for natural beauty. We highly recommend a visit if you're looking for inspiration or just a peaceful walk surrounded by nature.
Adding Summer Color
Best flowers to brighten your June Garden.
Coneflower
Peonies
Astilbe
Bleeding Heart
Yarrow
Allium
Daylily
Catmint
Hosta
Geranium
Anise Hysop
Phlox
Lavender
Coral Bells
Rose
Ladies’ Mantle
Plant of the Month🌿
Delphinium is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus.
Thank you again to everyone who filled out our Client Preferences Form! We hope you’re enjoying all the sights and scents this month, and please let us know if there are any areas of your garden that you would like to address!
The Garden Life Team
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