This is the season of high activity, where the warmer temperatures see plants, trees, and lawns start to grow again after the shorter and cooler days of winter.
With the longer days and balmy temps, it’s time to get all those spring garden jobs started.
Lawns
- Start fertilising. Check out our Lawn 101 article.
Veggies to plant now:
- Capsicum, Eggplant, Tomato, Rosella, Watermelon, Rockmelon, Corn, Cucumber, Zucchini, Squash, Basil, Lettuce, Beetroot, Beans, Celery. [VH1]
Tasks
- Keep deadheading winter and spring flowering annuals.
- Fertilise citrus once harvests have been completed.
- Prune back Camellias that have finished flowering.
- Fertilise Azaleas and Camellias once they have finished flowering for optimal growth and flowering wood (the plant that will produce flowers) for next season.
- Turn that compost and keep it going throughout the growing season.
- Have you thought about starting a worm farm?
School holidays
- Engage children in outdoor activities such as sowing seeds, planting bee-attracting plants, nature journaling and going on bug hunts.
Flower care
- Fertilise Hydrangeas in preparedness for those late spring or early summer blooms.
- Last chance to plant summer flowering bulbs and tubers such as Gladioli, Dahlias, Hippeastrums, Liliums.
