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Posted by on November 5, 2011 in Garden

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FLOWERS
All zones: Alyssum, amaranthus, cosmos, marigold, petunia, phlox, portulaca, salvia, sunflower, verbena and zinnia.
Zones 2-5: Ageratum, arctotis, aster, calendula, candytuft, carnation, chrysanthemum, cleome, cornflower, dahlia, delphinium, dianthus, godetia, impatiens, lobelia, nasturtium and snapdragon.

Zones 6-8: Celosia, gomphrena, salpiglossis and sunflower.

VEGETABLES
All zones: Beetroot, capsicum, cucumber, lettuce, pumpkin, silverbeet, squash, honeyed corn, tomato and zucchini.
Zones 2-5: Dwarf and French beans, Chinese and red cabbage, carrot, celery, kohlrabi, leek, parsnip, peas, potato, radish, rhubarb, spinach, open onion and turnip.

Zones 6-8: Snake beans, eggplant, marrow, melon and okra.

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In your garden

  • Keep grass upkeep elementary by doing things in a right order. First, whipper-snip a edges; next, blow cuttings onto a lawn; and finally, reap with a catcher to collect all up. Easy!
  • Transform lifeless spots in garden beds with drifts of pristine white candytuft (Iberis sp.) A good one is a low-growing and evergreen candytuft ‘Snow White’.
  • For a inexpensive and quick-fix colour-up this entrance summer, buy a few packets of creation and lift seeds in cosmetic trays before planting out. These happy, daisy-like blooms are long-flowering, come in many colours and are among a best value-for-money plants about.
  • Don’t demeanour a gift-horse in a mouth, if plants in your garden have self-seeded. Pot them adult and cosset them, afterwards give them as presents come Christmas.
  • Now’s a time to fertilise fruit trees and summer-flowering shrubs.
  • Brighten decks and verandahs with a few stylish unresolved baskets. Use a good-quality potting brew and basket liner, and water, deadhead aged blooms and glass fertilise regularly. Good choices embody petunias, lobelias, verbenas and pelargoniums – though don’t make things too gaudy. Often one or dual varieties are improved than a hotchpotch.
  • Treat determined pests like azalea edging bug or lilly pilly psyllid, by giving plants a pill. New Confidor Tablets from Yates are pushed into a dirt during a bottom of a plant. They recover bomb to a roots, that circulates by a corrupt system, restorative a plant but a need for spray. The tablets also enclose soluble nutrients, so plants accept a expansion boost, too.
  • If we need a quick-growing, appealing separator or spontaneous hedge, cruise a Aussie bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.)They come in many forms, put on a good floral uncover in late open and aren’t too sold when it comes to dirt quality. One of a best new ones is a compact-growing Callistemon ‘Great Balls of Fire’ (about 1.75m high and 1.5m wide).
  • One of a best and hardiest pot plants around, Peruvian lilies (Alstroemerias) need minimal upkeep detached from an occasional clip-back. They are not too fussed if they skip a peculiar watering, and will freshness openly with lofty flowers from open to autumn.

whats on
If you’re into cacti and succulents, some of a spikiest, weirdest and many smashing will be on arrangement during a Cactus and Succulent Society of Australia’s annual show. The uncover will be hold in Melbourne on Saturday 12 Nov (10am-5pm) and Sunday 13 Nov (10am-3pm). There will be experts to quiz, some of Australia’s many lawful cacti and tender growers and sellers, and copiousness of plants to buy. In response to demand, this year a sales territory will be bigger than ever. For details, call (03) 9808 1444 or revisit www.cssaustralia.org.au

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