Protect new plants from frost this week by ...* rigging up protective hessian enclosures around frost senstive plants* where possible, bring any frost sensitive potted plants inside or place on a covered balcony or veranda* cover frost senstive plants with a thick layer of sugarcane mulch or garden straw Plant...camellias and...
Prune roses in temperate gardens. In cold areas with heavy frost wait until late August.Lift perennials, divide root system with sharp spade, renovate the soil with compost or soil conditioner then replant root divisions.Plant Bare-rotted deciduous fruit trees. Plant roses, pansies, polyanthus, geranium, winter vege...
Winter is here and it is a great season for rejuvenating and tidying up. Here are a few things you can be doing this week* Broad beans can still go in as can pod peas, sugar snap and snow peas.* Spray frost sensitive plants with 'Drought Shield' the new name for StressGuard* Dead head rosesbut hold off the hard prune unt...
What to do:Enjoy the scent of Heliotrope 'Cherry pie'.Feed Cymbidium orchids with Aquasol.Build your pea and broad bean trellis now. Sandra and Linda completed theirs last week, and this week we are planting our bean and pea seeds.Now its stopped raining you can plant legumes: broad beans, peas (podded, snow and sugars...
Last chance for planting bulbs.Choose autumn foliage trees while they are in good colour at nurseries.New season roses start to appear in nurseries. Get in early for the best selection.Sow onions, spring onions, radish, beetroot, carrots, lettuce and rocket.May is a great month for planting citrus.Collect autumn leaves - they ar...
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