How to grow
Fruit trees provide delicious fruit full of health benefits and antioxidants but they can often also perform additional functions, such as shade in summer, blossom in spring and sometimes coloured leaves in autumn. Such a beautiful addition to any garden, and many can be grown in most areas, while a few have more particular requirements.
How to grow
Once upon a time fruit trees could be found in every New Zealand garden but with today’s smaller gardens it is more difficult to find space. With careful selection, however, and knowing where to plant these trees can be accommodated and can thrive.
Care for optimal growth
Azaleas and Rhododendrons are the most popular, decorative evergreen shrubs, with their vivid display of flowers from late winter to early summer. Blooms in many different forms and sizes including tubular, starry, bell and bowl shaped, large and small, and even fragrant.
Learn the best way to get the most life from your bulbs
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Celebrating the end of winter, vibrant spring flowering bulbs give maximum effect for minimum effort.
There is no limit to the number of bulbs that can be planted to give late winter and early spring colour and, with a bit of careful planning, there could be bulbs flowering in your garden right through to late summer.
Easily grown outdoors throughout the season or in the glasshouse, these nutritious greens are a great addition to salads and sandwiches and are full of antioxidants for your better health.
How to grow
There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh vegetables straight from the garden. Add to this the satisfaction and sense of achievement, the savings, the knowledge that your vegetables are free of pesticides and you have some very powerful reasons for growing your own vegetables.
Planting Guide
Whether you're a green-thumb or not, success with plants is relatively easy to acheive provided a few basic steps are followed - especially in planting season. For best results, allowing a little extra time and money at planting time will eventually pay off.
The proper way to do it
Not all trees need stakes and determining when and when not to stake generally arises from the amount of exposure to wind on the site where you're planting the tree, and the plant's height to root ball ratio. Usually, only trees greater than...
How to grow
Originating from China, the earliest modern rose was the tea rose but, now, roses are found in almost every garden and deservedly have the title ‘Queen of the Flowers’. With centuries of breeding, modern roses today flower continuously from spring to autumn. There are single, semi-double and double flowered forms in every colour imaginable, often with an intoxicating fragrance.
How to grow
No flower captures the essence of summer more than brightly coloured Geraniums and Pelargoniums. Plant them in pots and hanging baskets to brighten up walls and fences, patios and front entrances.
How to grow
Native to the rainforests of South America, Fuchsias are easy to grow shrubs and trees with beautiful pendulous single, double or semi double-tubular flowers that hang down like dancing ballerinas. There are over 3000 species of Fuchsia with endless, contrasting colour combinations and flower forms to add enchantment to any garden.
How to grow
Tomatoes would easily be the most popular vegetable grown in the home garden. There is also something immensely satisfying about picking your own tomatoes for months on end. They produce more than other vegetables from a small space with yields of 5 kg per plant not being uncommon.