Keeping Your Plants in Happy Surroundngs -
Light: All green plants must have a certain amount of light just to stay alive, and even more to grow. Before you purchase a plant, check the plant Li...
Bulb & Spring Flower Combinations -
1. Tulip 'Queen of Bartigon' (rich pink) with Forget-me-Nots.
2. Blue Forget-me-Not studded with 'Golden Age' Tulip (Buttercup yellow).
3. A groundw...
Containers for Bonsai -
The bonsai container is always selected to complement the mood and colour of the bonsai. It must help to present the tree and never detract from it. T...
How To Plant Trees -
Holes for shrubs and trees should be dug about 30 centimetres wider and about 15 centimetres deeper than the size of the soil ball of the new plant. W...
Growing Flowers for Drying -
Sow the seeds either in groups or in rows when the soil is fairly dry and then thin out the seedlings to 3-6 inches apart (about three-quarters of the...
Vegetable Weevil -
The vegetable weevil (Listroderes obliquus).This introduced pest occurs in most parts of the State and in both the grub and adult weevil stages may do...
The Cherry Aphid -
The cherry aphid (Mizus cerasi) is an important pest of cherries in New South Wales. It infests the young foliage in late spring and early summer, and...
Watering Roses -
Bush roses such as hybrid teas and floribundas are winter hardy in all but the coldest climates; in these areas it is advisable to bank the plants up ...
Propagating by Budding -
Budding, like grafting, is carried out on woody shrubs and trees, though herbaceous plants can also be treated in the same way; Tomato, for example, c...
