Soil Preparation Is Vital To Success

Soil Preparation Is Vital To Success

When you buy a plant from the nursery it will be sitting in pot perhaps 15-18cm (6-7”) deep. In this pot will be a top quality potting medium. The quality of the soil in the garden beds you will be planting into should be a macro version of the single pot. That is,...
Mulching Is Essential

Mulching Is Essential

You can greatly reduce the amount of watering required by containerized plants firstly by using a top quality potting mix, and secondly by mulching the surface of each pot with a 2cm layer of washed river sand. Heat bounces off this rather than being absorbed by the...
Watering Your Plants

Watering Your Plants

Even though Austraflora plants have been selected to handle Australia’s tough dry conditions it’s vital that regular water is applied during a plants establishment, most plants in the range once established will survive on what rainfall we do get, although any extra...
Gardening In Spring

Gardening In Spring

At last spring’s arrived, and gardeners are rejoicing. So here are some top tips for spring activities in the garden: Prune spring bloomers immediately after their show is over. Then, after every pruning job, feed the plant. Dynamic Lifter pellets are good for most...
Give Native Plants A Boost!

Give Native Plants A Boost!

We just can’t get enough of native plants! With new grafted varieties and more compact forms now available Australian plants have lost their reputation for being finicky and straggly. There are natives with big bold flowers, never ending displays of colour and...