Top Ten Plants June 2026

For June 2026, this lavender is a lovely choice for soft colour and scent. As its name implies, it produces rose-pink flowers, rather than the deep lavender colour of traditional species and cultivars. This cultivar is ideal for lining pathways and planting in flower borders. Its pretty pink flowers look wonderful alongside roses with pastel-coloured flowers.

• Flowers from June to September
• Hardy
• Grows to 75cm tall and 75cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Full sun
• Exposed

For June 2026, this honeysuckle suits smaller gardens beautifully. Honeysuckles have a reputation for being rampant growers, but happily this cultivar is the exception. It can be trained against fences and walls, or grown in containers up obelisks. The highly scented flowers are pink, fading to yellow, creating a two-tone effect. This gives rise to its cultivar name, ‘Rhubarb and Custard’. Later in the year, shiny red berries appear and provide late-season food for birds.

• Flowers from June to August
• Hardy
• Grows to 200cm tall and 150cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Sun or part shade
• Exposed

Mexican fleabane is a low-growing, sun-loving evergreen perennial, and it also tolerates part shade. It has an exceptionally long flowering period, from May through to late autumn. During this time, the plant is covered in daisy-like flowers. Its soft, spreading habit makes it ideal for the edge of borders. It is also useful for softening walls and growing in containers. This makes it a useful June 2026 plant for relaxed, informal borders.

• Flowers from June to October
• Hardy
• Grows to 30cm tall and 100cm wide
• Well-drained soil
• Full sun or part shade
• Exposed

This beautiful, long-flowering shrub rose is a striking choice for June 2026 borders. Once established, it becomes covered in single flowers with unusual changing colours. They start warm orange-yellow, before gradually changing to copper-pink and then magenta pink. The petals then fall, completing this remarkable colour display.

• Flowers from May to September
• Hardy
• Grows to 200cm tall and 250cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Full sun
• Exposed

Finding plants that grow well in shade can be a challenge. This is an ideal ground cover plant for full or part shade. At this time of year, the plant throws up slender stems. They are topped with masses of tiny, star-shaped, blush-white flowers. The flowers create the look of foam, giving rise to its common name.

• Flowers from May to July
• Hardy
• Grows to 25cm tall and 25cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Part to full shade
• Exposed

This vigorous deciduous shrub delights in June 2026, when it becomes smothered in round, pure white flowers. They resemble snowballs and create a wonderful seasonal display. Come autumn, the leaves develop purple tints before falling. To manage vigorous growth, prune immediately after flowering once established. Remove one in five of the oldest branches at the base.

• Flowers from May to June
• Hardy
• Grows to 500cm tall and 500cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Sun or part shade
• Exposed

For June 2026, it adds structure as well as seasonal flowers. This is a great choice for a vigorous, evergreen, large-leaved plant. It flowers on and off from summer into late autumn. The pale yellow flowers are hooded and appear on tall, stout stems. These stems persist over winter and look lovely when frosted. They also provide seeds for wildlife. Once established, the plant is drought tolerant, making it good for a gravel garden.

• Flowers from May to September
• Hardy
• Grows to 90cm tall and 75cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Sun or part shade
• Exposed

For June 2026, it is especially useful where fragrance is a priority. Mock orange will not disappoint if you want a large shrub or small tree with incredible scent. It has extremely attractive, pure white, double flowers. It also copes with salt-laden air and urban pollution. The leaves turn a colourful shade of yellow before falling in autumn.

• Flowers from June to July
• Hardy
• Grows to 300cm tall and 250cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Sun or part shade
• Exposed

Here is another plant perfect for brightening a shaded area. It is a graceful, medium-height perennial with attractive, red-tinged, narrow stems. These stems form an airy, open habit. Come June, the stems are covered in delicate, star-like white flowers. By autumn, the leaves turn vibrant red before falling. This helps brighten the shaded area around it.

• Flowers from June to July
• Hardy
• Grows to 100cm tall and 60cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Part shade
• Exposed

For June 2026, it brings long-lasting colour to sunny spaces. This is a long-flowering, tough, sun-loving perennial. It has large, daisy-like, pale pink flowers with raised, burnt-orange cone-shaped centres. It looks equally good grown in groups with grasses or in flower borders. Retain the seedheads over winter. They provide a much-needed food source for birds during the colder months.

• Flowers from June to September
• Hardy
• Grows to 125cm tall and 50cm wide
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Full sun
• Exposed