Create a Floral Meadow Indoors & OUT

Long flowering hardy succulent for indoors or out. Great for a table centrepiece or gift!

Select an area with plenty of sunlight. 

Water kalanchoe when the soil feels dry, but avoid wetting the leaves. Allow some time between waterings, because too much moisture can cause root rot.

Height to 30cm.

Floral meadow that you can bring indoors 
This combo are all excellent as cut flowers and happy in shady gardens. 

CAMELLIA 'BUTTONS & BOWS'
Buttons ‘N Bows has a compact bushy habit, with spectacular large flowers.  An impressively bushy habit makes for a great container plant, specimen shrub or medium hedge. Winter flowers are classic formal double form with a deep pink margin surrounding a white centre. Buttons ‘N Bows is suitable for planting in both, semi or fully shaded positions and will generally tolerate morning sun until midday, providing it is well mulched and watered during the summer months. Fertilise with AZALEA & CAMELLIA FOOD late summer to early autumn for spectacular floral display. 
H 2-3 mx W 1-2 m

ANEMONE 'REGAL SWAN' 
With flowers from late summer through autumn, Regal Swan has a long display of very large flowers. Soft pink cupped, four petaled flowers with darker centres and very dark blue on reverse with glowing yellow stamens. 
Ideal for low light areas.and easy to grow with minimal maintenance.
Suitable for containers or can be mass planted under deciduous trees to create a wild flower meadow for cut flowers
H 60cm x W 50cm

HELLEBORUS 'LEMON ZEST'
Lemon Zest has unique lemon colour double flowers with a red edge and handsome glossy divided foliage ideal mass planted under trees. WINTER ELEGANCE series Hellebores have been developed from one of Australia's finest specialist collections creating a huge range of colours and patterens. The main flowering period is from July to September, depending on climate and season. Loved by gardeners for their showy winter flowers. Commonly known as winter roses, these tough evergreen perennials are well suited to our Melbourne climate.
Partial to full shade
H 45cm x W45cm
EXPERT TIP  The best way to get Hellebores to last in floral arrangements is to use ones without pollen and have their seed pods forming. Some people dip the stem tips in boiling water to sear the stem as well. 

  Abundant Flowers 
filled with inspiration- Carolyn

Mixed lettuce
Lettuce mix is a selection of leafy varieites including mignonette, cos and butterhead types.
Lettuce is a cool season vegie, meaning they prefer to be planted in cooler weather, for super salad success. Remembering that lettuces are cool season greens, it is recommended that you plant them in partially shaded spots in your patch, particularly if you experience hot summers. Consider using some other vegies like beans and sweet corn as ‘living shade’. 

Lettuces are a hungry vegie, and need to be grown quickly for best flavour and appearance. A well prepared bed of  soil with compost / manure with aid in the growth and resilience of your lettuce. Occasionally feed with a liquid fertiliser such as maxicrop.

Watering is vital, as lettuces have shallow roots and thus need frequent watering, especially in hot and/or windy weather. Keep the area well mulched and test soil moisture regularly. If soil is left to dry out, lettuce may run to seed, taste bitter or die.
 

Is your lemon tree covered in scale insects ?
Take a close look. You're not alone!

Eco-pest oil is an easy, safe and organic way to kill scale insect on citrus and other edible plants. Spray thoroughly so the oil smothers all of the insects.

To fully get rid of scale, you will also need to get rid of any ants you may have in the area, as they will reintroduce scale to your tree - they actually farm scale as a food source! Spray-on ant killer is great for immediately knocking off the ants on the tree, while ant kill granules are used to kill off their nest.