Packaged rhubarb crowns are available now or you can split up and transplant sections of an established clump. Enrich the soil with lots of good aged organic matter and build it up into a slight mound. Plant with roots below soil level and the crown (where the shoots start) right at the surface. Rhubarb needs plenty of sun and g...
Mulch all garden beds with any form of organic matter available to you. Choose from coir peat, sugar cane, ti-tree, lucerne hay, pea straw, compost.Dead-head roses after flowering.Prune wisteriaDeep water developing fruits e.g: passionfruit and stone fruit.Put out fruit fly traps and cover developing tomatoes, figs with light co...
* Prune roses but not weepers or climbers. Spray stems with lime sulfur.* Check for citrus gall wasp and prune out affected branches.* Protect budding magnolias from birds and possums.* Prune deciduous trees like Crepe Myrtle if necessary. Pollarding will keep them smaller.* Protect frost sensitive plants with hessian wraps.* Li...
Last chance to take semi hardwood cuttings eg weigela, camellia, azalea
Good time for planting while soils are warm.
Feed your lawn when/if it rains.
Move cymbidium orchids into sunshine.Disbud camellias to encourage bigger and better blooms. Feed Christmas cactus (Zygocactus) with controlled fertiliser.Turn your compost to a...
Spread compost over bare garden beds. A thick layer will enrich the soil, encourage worms and help your garden grow.
Sprinkle wood ash, blood and bone or pelletised manure over garden beds.
Water flowering bulbs, daffodils, jonquils, snowdrops, tulips with Thrive For Flowering Plants.
Prune passionfruit.
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