Overview

• In his August 4 TikTok video, Gardening with Ish detailed key tasks—trimming lavender by one-third, cutting back wisteria and deadheading annuals—to boost bushiness and new blooms.
• He advised a weekly feed for tomatoes, strawberries and ornamentals and raising lawn-mower heights to preserve soil moisture during peak summer heat.
• Viewers were urged to sow seeds now for next year’s rocket, cornflowers and nigellas and to explore drought-tolerant varieties like verbena at garden centres.
• The guide has been widely circulated, prompting questions on clematis pruning schedules and methods for overwintering petunias.
• Gardening with Ish said he will follow up with step-by-step advice on autumn seed planting through September and October.