JOBS TO DO THIS WEEK

Most houseplants are in active growth now so will need regular watering and feeding.

Check brassicas (cabbages, broccoli, turnips, brussel sprouts) for butterflies laying their eggs – often you will find them on the underside of leaves. Remove these as when hatched as caterpillars they can completely exfoliate your plant.

Keep fruit bushes well watered in dry spells to allow fruit to swell. Plums, pears and apples can be thinned out this month. This happens naturally as well – it’s called June drop – but if you want bigger fruit, remove some of the smaller fruitlets.

Prune spring-flowering deciduous shrubs such as kerria, forsythia, ribes and weigela as soon as they are finished flowering.

Pop a few nasturtium seeds in the ground or pots for a cascade of flowers in late summer, above.

Move citrus fruit outdoors for the summer.