What’s flowering in the garden in October?

Ivy
Ragwort
Valerian
Cyclamen
Yarrow
Geranium
What’s edible in the garden in October?
Loads of autumn Raspberries
Kale having its second growth
Elderberry cordial.
Walnuts
Grapes
Hawthorn berries for ketchup

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What’s flowering in the garden in September?

Sweet peas
Tutsan
Crocosmia
Hydrangea
Love lies bleeding
Prímula
Japanese anemone
Honeysuckle
Begonia
Cyclamen

What’s edible in the garden in September?

Rowan Berries
Rose hips
Blackberries
Apples
Chicory
Pear
Elderberries
Sorrel leaves
Apples
Leicesteria berries
Tomatoes
Cucumber

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What’s flowering in the garden in August?

Agapanthus
Geranium
Yarrow
Garlic
Thyme
Fushias

What’s edible in the garden in August?

Blackberries
Japanese wine berry
Parsley
Puffball
Mint
Fishmint

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What’s flowering in July?

Yellow loosestrife
Lavender
Rosebay Willowherb (for tea)
Nettle leaved bellflower
Sweet Chestnut
Silverweed

What’s edible in the garden in July?

Elderberry
Raspberries
Nasturtiums
Chicory

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What’s flowering in late June?

Common spotted orchid just opening
Begonias
Roses and hypericum tutsa
Ragwort with cinnabar moth caterpillar
Foxglove
Bladder campion also edible
Bellflowers and sedum also edible
More roses and elder
Ox eye daisies
Wood avens

What’s edible in late June?

Elderflower cordial and tea near longest day
Solomons seal
First raspberries
Redcurrants
Fish mint
Dill

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What’s flowering in early June

First roses
Perennial geraniums
First elderflowers
Marigolds and birdsfoot trefoil
Dog roses
Aquilegia
Sorrel
Cuckoo flower
Yellow rattle
Kale
Blackberry Merton Thornless
Strawberries

What’s edible in early June?

Seeds of sweet cicely tastes like aniseed
Sufficient elderflowers to make first batch of cordial
Thyme full of flowers
Edible leaves on Daubenton kale
Lemon balm should pick and dry before it flowers
Marigold petals for salads

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What’s flowering in May?

Wisteria
Clematis
Comfrey: Planted under fruit trees to put jpotassium in the soil.
Forget me nots
Lady’s smock
Daisies

What’s edible in the garden in May?

Kale
Sweet woodruff
Marigolds
Violas and daisies
Chives
Wild Garlic

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What’s flowering in the garden in April?

Snakeshead fritillary
Grape hyacinth
Cherry
Celandine

What’s edible in the garden in April?

9 star broccoli
Perennial kale tops
Sorrel
Rhubarb
Perennial onions
Dandelion
Chives rosemary and sage are still pickable and mint is nearly tall enough to harvest.