What you Could be Planting Now...

What you could be planting now...

As the soil warms up spring bulbs and plants begin to flower and sprout their fresh new spring growth. It’s time to get stuck in and plant all your favourite spring/summer flowers and get your vegetable garden underway.

• Sow summer flower seeds including Alyssum, Begonia, Californian Poppy, Celosia, Cosmos, Dahlia, Gazania, Gerbera, Impatiens, Petunia, Viscaria and Wallflower. 
• Plant your favourite seedlings of spring and summer flowering annuals including Calendula, Chrysanthemum, Delphinium, Forget-me-not, Hollyhock, Marigold, Polyanthus, Primula and Pansies directly into your garden.
• Now is the time to plant easy care, sure to grow Dahlia tubers and Gladioli corms for summer display.
• Plant new perennials like Lavender, Agapanthus, Canna lilies, Fuchsia and Geraniums. Take care with tender plants in cold districts and wait until the danger of frosts are over.
• Feed and mulch roses, trees, shrubs and flower beds.
• Complete pruning of Fuchsias, Hydrangeas, Hibiscus and other flowering shrubs by removing any diseased, dead or damaged branches
• Complete your vegetable garden preparation by digging in plenty of compost.
• Sow your favourite vege seeds including Carrots, Beetroot, Silverbeet and Peas, directly into your garden. 
• Sow Lettuces, Leeks, Cabbage, Tomato, Capsicum, Courgette, Cucumber and Eggplant into trays of seed raising mix ready for transplanting later.
• Transplant summer vege seedlings into the garden; Lettuce, Leeks, Cabbage, Onions and Silverbeet.
• Purchase your Seed Potatoes and place them in a tray in a sunny position for at least a month before planting. Plant out in the garden, a large plastic pot or in a planter in a warm and sheltered position when the sprouts on the seed potatoes are 2 to 4 cm long.
• Refresh your herb garden with new plants in your garden or pots. Herb seeds can also be sown for summer harvest.
• Prune Passionfruit vines and Feijoas to encourage new growth and fruiting.
• Plant Strawberries, Blueberries,  and Rhubarb.