Garden Club
NEXT MEETING
Monday 14th September – Richard Heathcote will give a light-hearted history of garden tools
Monday 12th October - KI resident Sally Graham will talk and show photos of the devastation caused by the bushfires.
President: Ray Wise: raywise@hotmail.com.au or 0405 273 003 or 83836011
GEORGE'S GARDENING SUGGESTIONS FOR September 2020
Now that the soil is beginning to warm you can plant out all container-grown plants including citrus, hibiscus, passionfruit, wisteria and native plants.
Annuals to plant include snapdragon, aster, carnation, zinnia, petunia, marigold and chrysanthemum.
Divide and plant agapanthus, belladonna, crinum, and dahlias.
Beans (dwarf or climbing), cucumber pumpkin, sweet potato are a few of the summer vegetables you can put in now.
Fertilise Spring flowering annuals with a liquid feed, agapanthus, hydrangeas and hibiscus need a complete fertiliser watered in well.
Hibiscus should be pruned now to develop bushy plants. Cut back oleander fairly hard, camellias can be trimmed as soon as flowering is finished and before new growth commences. Fuchsias and pelargoniums can be tip pruned to produce bushy growth.
