Summer Garden Tips - Extend Flowering, Grow Foxgloves, and Boost Your Harvest

Step into summer at Longmeadow! Discover top gardening tips, wildflower wonders, and how to extend color in your borders well into autumn - all in this episode of Gardener's World. Join us as we tour a flourishing garden, share expert advice for maintaining vibrant flower beds, and reveal how to encourage repeat blooms from perennials like hardy geraniums, oriental poppies, and delphiniums. Learn practical techniques for deadheading roses, managing side shoots on tomatoes, and coping with garlic rust. Plus, we highlight the charm and diversity of foxgloves, from wild Digitalis purpurea to rare perennial varieties, with an exclusive visit to a national foxglove collection. Meet world-renowned garden designer Dan Pearson as he crafts a new naturalistic garden, blending ornamental beauty with wild spaces for pollinators and wildlife. See the transformation of the Longmeadow mound into a native wildflower meadow, and get step-by-step instructions for sowing wildflower seeds to attract insects and create a stunning display. Whether you're curious about raised bed vs. traditional potato growing, want to identify resistant garlic varieties, or are seeking inspiration for your own borders and meadows, this episode is packed with practical gardening know-how and creative ideas. Tune in for beautiful plant combinations, expert insights, and a celebration of the gardening process itself. #Gardening #GardenersWorld #Wildflowers #Foxgloves #GardenDesign #Longmeadow #PerennialFlowers #RaisedBedGardening