May’s a bit of a funny month. Though it’s definitely more bountiful than austere winter, there’s a gap: wild garlic flowers, bluebells, and daffodils start to die down, while the likes of wisteria and roses are preparing their earliest blooms.
That means your garden might feel strangely low on flowers in an otherwise-bustling month. The phenomenon is sometimes referred to as the “May flower gap,” though it can extend into June, too.
But according...
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