Monty's gardening jobs for July

Monty shares advice on jobs to do in the garden in July, in this collection of clips from BBC Gardeners’ World, including tips on looking after container veg, potting up fuchsias and adding agastache and gaura to the borders.

Cutting back the spring garden

The spring garden has now finished flowering, so Monty cuts back vigorous plants like Geranium phaeum and cow parsley, while taking care not to damage other plants, such as hellebores and tiarella, beneath the taller foliage. This leaves space to add more plants to the borders later in the summer.

• 20 best spring flowers

Growing vegetables in pots

By July, Monty's vegetables in containers are growing well. In this BBC Gardeners' World video clip, he explains the difference between cut-and-come again and hearting lettuce. He also shares tips on growing courgettes and leeks in pots, and removing sideshoots from tomatoes.

• Get the best from vegetables in pots

Potting up fuchsias

Monty pots up a range of fuchsias to go in the greenhouse, in this BBC Gardeners' World clip. He shares his tips on what conditions they prefer, what compost they require, and how best to look after these colourful plants when growing them in pots under cover.

• How to grow fuchsias

Pruning euphorbia and planting perennials

Monty cuts back the Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii in the dry garden now that it has finished flowering, taking care not to damage the new shoots. He fills the gaps in the borders with perennials grown from seed like Agastache 'Rose Mint' and Gaura lindheimeri (now reclassified as Oenothera lindheimeri).

• How to grow gaura

More seasonal advice from Monty:

• July seed sowing with Monty
• July fruit and veg with Monty
• July wildlife gardening with Monty