Garden Club
Meetings are currently held at the Cherry Gardens Memorial Hall at 7.30pm usually on the second Monday of the month February to November.
President; Ray Wise Phone: 0405 273 003 8383 6011
NEXT MEETINGS
Monday 15th March
Trevor Nottle, well known garden writer, will talk about the South Australian Open Garden Scheme.
Monday 12th April
Rosalie Lawrence will speak on native orchids of the local area.
GEORGE'S GARDENING SUGGESTIONS FOR March 2021
Cut back fuchsias and geraniums this month. The long spindly branches should be reduced by two thirds, but don’t be tempted to prune too hard or they may die!
It’s time to think about spring flowering annuals like pansies, alysum, linaria, lobelia and nemesia which all can be relied upon to put on a good show.
Sweet peas should be sown this month but at the time of writing I have some self-sown ones looking healthy and about 5cm tall already! Make a trellis about 2m tall and include some superphosphate in the well-rotted compost you add to the planting trench and they will reward you with weeks of flowers with a fragrance second only to the rose.
There will be a good selection of bulbs at your garden centre right now, so make your choice and plant into some enriched soil for a great spring show.
Some gardeners lose interest in their vegetable patch after the summer crops have finished however autumn plantings of cool weather crops are just as rewarding and probably easier to manage.
Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, broad beans and peas are a few you could try.
Sweet Peas
