Garden jobs: Tend to baskets, containers and bedding plants

As temperatures soar, these are the tasks you should be keeping an eye on in your garden now, says Peter Dowdall

The white blooms of the trailing Bacopa Snowflake make it a fantastic choice for any summer container and it is one that is loved by bees and other pollinating insects. Picture: iStock

The low temperatures recently would have us thinking that we were gardening in March and not May as was the case.

Many plants have been quite late coming into leaf and into bloom. Many alliums and other delights are slower and later this year as a result.