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Feb

Success with seed

A plant seed truly is a miraculous thing. They can lay dormant in the soil for decades at a time and as soon as conditions are favourable enough they spring to life, continuing the cycle of life anew. Growing from seed is always such a journey for me, starting when…

Feb

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Going daisy this spring

Lacking a bit of colour in your garden. Tired of replacing your plants year after year. Then look no further than daisy bushes. They will provide colour throughout the season and will keep on flowering year after year. Some of the more popular varieties in the daisy family (Asteracae) are…

Feb

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Colour your garden with Daisy bushes

Walking through the garden this week the signs are all around us that nature is waking up from her lengthy winter slumber. During this time of the year our gardens tend to look a bit faded and lacking in the colour department. For a quick fix, flowering annuals are perfect,…

Feb

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My Cymbidium has finished flowering, what do I do now?

Your Cymbidium has flowered profusely throughout winter delighting you with its stunning blooms. Now that it has finished flowering it may need repotting to ensure that it will grace you with another season of colour. If your cymbidium hasn’t been repotted in the past three years or if there’s…

Feb

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How to repot a Cymbidium

A Cymbidium with its roots exposed As spring starts heating up your Cymbidium blooms will slowly start fading and finish flowering. At the nursery we get a lot of questions from gardeners on why their Cymbidiums haven’t flowered this year or even for a few seasons in a row. …

Feb

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Plant your own strawberry pot

Tired of your store-bought strawberries going off before you can savour their delicious taste? Why not grow your own? Strawberries are easy to grow and come with the reward of sweetly scented fruit that taste divine. Strawberries are flat trailing perennials that prefer to grow in a nice sunny…

Feb

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Grow your own

There are many reasons for growing your own fruit and veggies. Whether you’re growing for an abundant harvest or trying to get away from all the harmful chemicals, the advantages of growing your own are numerous. Freshness and taste are superior when you grow it yourself, think of it as…

Feb

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The many faces of edible gardening

It’s so encouraging to see how many people are taking up edible gardening in the past few years. The reasons for growing your own are diverse ranging from better taste and freshness to lowering your carbon footprint and doing your part in the fight for food security. We tend to…

Feb

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Looking after your roses in October

Just imagine the sight of masses of rose blooms swaying in the breeze spreading their intoxicating fragrance to all who take the time to admire her. This is the promise of a rose blooming profusely in October. To ensure that she can stun us with her beauty there’s a few…

Feb

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What the fungi

From bread mould to penicillin, fungi are an integral part of our world. Although it might not be obvious, fungi are all around us. The Fungal kingdom is so big that in 2017 estimates suggest that there may be between 2.2 million to 3.8 million species in existence. What makes…