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Adding flowering plants to the veg patch will encourage pollinators for the crops and brighten up the area, and after it has rained is an ideal time to plant out. The ground is already wet which will encourage the roots to grow downwards and giving the plants a good start. Both the weather report and the sky indicate it is definitely going to rain again today so I won't need to water them in. I have spare lavender and helichrysum plants, drought tolerant shrubs that are just

Hardy perennial salvias can be cut back in the spring or autumn. Pruning encourages branching and more branches means more flowers.