Between running off to the beach and enjoying the sun, try to keep your garden well-watered, stay on top of the weeds, and be sure to enjoy the bounty of your harvest.
Plant Now
Vegetables
Chillies
Don’t miss out on some of the interesting large-grade, super-hot chilies that are available now. Plant them out into larger pots or in the garden as they produce fruit.
Herbs
Plant herbs and leafy veggies such as basil, lettuce, coriander, parsley and spinach but make sure you keep them well-watered.
Future Crops
Towards the end of the month start planning and planting out winter crops including broccoli, cauliflower and silver beet.
Fruit
Citrus
Ensure that summers in the future are filled with zest by planting some citrus trees now.
Passionfruit
Plant passionfruit in fertile, free-draining soil rich in organic matter such as compost. Plant in a spot with good airflow and ensure that you avoid wetting the foliage when watering.
Feijoa
For best results with feijoas, plant two different varieties to ensure good pollination. Plant an earlier season and a later season variety to extend your harvest.
Trees and Shrubs
Fragrance
Grow a sensationally scented garden by planting some evergreen star jasmine, gardenias or the tropical climber stephanotis.
Tropical Plants
You can still bring the tropics home by planting mandevillea, vireya, frangipani, hibiscus and bird of paradise.
Flowers and Perennials
Instant Colour
Add a dash of colour by planting some of our annual flowers, including petunias, dianthus, penstemon, marigolds and gazanias.
Perennials
Plant flowering perennials now to enjoy their gorgeous blooms. Petunias, geraniums and alstroemeria all look particularly beautiful.
Spring bulbs
As spring bulbs start arriving at Kings, start planting them out to ensure a glorious display of colour next spring.
Tend
Vegetables
Keep your veggie garden well fed and watered this summer to help plants stay healthy and productive, as well as being less likely to fall victim to pest insects. When watering tomatoes, courgettes and pumpkins try to avoid wetting the foliage.
Fruit Trees
Deeply water fruit trees once a week and net trees as fruit ripens to ensure the birds don’t eat it all. As deciduous fruit trees finish fruiting, start to summer prune.
Flowers
Deadhead spent flowers regularly to keep your plants flowering for longer. Water and feed regularly.
Lawns
Sprinkle your lawn with SaturAid to help it to retain moisture, and water with collected rainwater or grey water.
Harvest
You can still harvest your Reed and Hass avocados, as well as delicious cape gooseberries, passionfruit, capsicum, chillies, melons, sweetcorn, tomatoes, beans and berries. Yum!
