Gardening GalsPlant of the month – Dietes
A favourite plant that is hardy and low maintenance is Dietes. They look perfect around a pool, in a commercial setting or a cottage garden and are great for investment properties as they are very difficult to kill! Dietes provide a stunning array of white flowers with a purple and yellow centre. Apart from watering, […]
Compost
Compost is any form of well decayed organic matter. It is a living culture like yoghurt. It is a colony of micro-ogranisms that convert organic matter into humic acid, locking up the nutrients in very large molecules that are not readily water-soluble. This means they do not get leached out of your soil as soluble […]
Annuals
An annual is a plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season. In other words, in one season, the plant germinates from a seed, flowers, fruits and dies. It survives the “off season” as seeds only. Many desert plants are annuals as are many Western Australian wildflowers. They germintate in winter, […]
Weeds
A weed is a plant that is growing where we don’t want it to. Most of our weeds come from places with similar climates to ours such as Europe, South America, South Africa, North America, Asia and New Zealand. Weeds are spread via camping equipment, bags, shoes, clothing, cars, machines and animals. They can also […]
Plant of the month – Tomato
There are so many different varieties of tomatoes available to plant now. Your local nursery has punnets or trays with several types ranging from red, green, yellow and black and including Cherry, Roma, Burke’s Backyard and Black Russian to name but a few. 5 Tips For Growing Tomatoes: 1. Plant in a sunny spot with […]
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Spring is the perfect time to think about planting annuals if you would like a splash of colour in your garden in time for Christmas. If it is your turn to host the annual Yuletide celebrations, now is the time to consider which plants to add to pots or garden beds around the house. Some […]
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