Plant Now
Vegetables
Plant large-grade tomatoes, capsicums, chillies, and eggplant in pots and the garden now for a productive harvest. Plant parsley, lettuce, and coriander in part-shade to stop them ‘bolting’ (or going to seed) too quickly over summer.
Fruit
Plan out where you’re going to plant tropical and subtropical fruit trees like bananas, mountain pawpaw, passionfruit, feijoas, and cherimoya. Add any citrus to a sunny position in the yard, or dwarf citrus to large pots over 40L.
Trees and Shrubs
Roses are in bloom and looking stunning. Water around the roots in the morning and mulch well to lock in the soil’s moisture, as well as feed them rose fertiliser this month.
Flowers and Perennials
For instant colour, fill pots, hanging baskets or garden beds with alyssum, marigold, dianthus, bedding dahlias, salvia, and zinnias. Check out our long-lasting flowering perennials, including nemesia, lavender, petunias, geraniums, verbena, and bacopa.
Maintenance
Vegetables
Water, liquid feed, and mulch your veggies with straw throughout summer. Water veggies every morning – avoid the foliage as this can otherwise cause fungal diseases. Regularly harvest veggies as they mature.
Fruit Trees
Protect developing fruit from pesky birds with bird netting over small trees, or tie bird tape or old CDs on string on the tree to scare them off. Add mulch around citrus whether they are in the ground or in pots.
Harvest
December is berry month! Harvest strawberries, red- and blackcurrants, raspberries, and blackberries for Christmas desserts. Yum!
Looking for more help or expert garden advice? Come in-store to talk to our friendly staff, or give us a call on 0800 PLANTS for general inquiries.
