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LOOSE BULBS

Bulb season is back! Get them in the ground before July for an incredible burst of colour in your garden. Both the Jonquil and Daffodil bulbs are both easy and rewarding to grow if placed in a sunny spot and fertilized lightly when planting and flowering.
Make sure to water once when planted and again when the foliage can be seen.

Did you know that the Proteace family is not just Proteas, Grevillea’s and Banksias?? It also includes Adenanthos and Leuchodendrons . All of these varieties need  good drainage, DO NOT TOLERATE PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER and prefer deep, infrequent watering.
So it makes sense to plant them in combination with their family members for ease of maintenance. This combo will offer flowers for most months of the year.

Beautiful as a feature shrub 2.5m tall and fabulous as a cut flower Leucadendron Safari Sunset  has  with stunning burgundy red flowers from autumn to spring, Leucadendrons love the sun and are drought tolerant but soil should be kept moist in the first year until plant is established. 

  ADENANTHOS SERICEA 
       With small pink flowers in spring/ summer and wonderful soft, velvet-like silver foliage, Adenanthos are an outstanding shrub. Great in a low maintenance garden or courtyard in a pot.  Tough enough for coastal gardens and drought resistant. Great for a sunny position growing to 1.5m in the ground.
   
CHRYSOCEPHALUM 'DESERT FLAME'
An evergreen groundcover  to 20cm, this perennial  with beautiful silvery grey foliage and a profusion of golden yellow button flowers throughout the year. A hardy, low maintenance plant. Good for massed plantings, rockeries and containers.

GREVILLEA 'MOUNT TAMBORITHA'
This compact ground cover Grevillea has masses of red and yellow spider flowers are present from autumn to spring above wooly fine leaves. Very low maintenance as it will remain neat and tidy even if you forget to prune after flowering. Highly attractive to nectar feeding birds Grevillea Mt TAMBORITHA is fantastic in coastal and pool side gardens, windy locations, rockeries as well as window boxes and containers.
Tip - Plant with Native Potting Mix and fertilise with 

Asparagus

A popular and easy to grow vegetable. Takes a year or two from planting to start cropping but once started it will give great results.
Sweet flavour that works well with traditional root vegetables or lightly cooked with standard salad vegetables like cherry tomatoes. Partners well with garlic, dill, smoked salmon, mushrooms, ham and other strong flavored meats.
Good source of dietary fibre and protein. Pick the spring shoots when they are 20cm long.
Should get 3 months cropping for the next 20 years.

Likes moist well drained soil in part to full sun conditions. 
Cultivation/Fertiliser: Generous applications of Maxicrop from spring through to late autumn will keep it cropping well. Prune to the ground in late autumn.
Height 50cm x Width 45cm

Citrus Leaf-Miner

Citrus leaf-miner is a grub of a small moth which burrows under the cuticle of new autumn-growth citrus leaves and distorts and curls them.
This unsightly pest damage can be prevented by spraying new autumn foliage with an oil spray like Eco-Pest Oil as the moth will avoid laying eggs on the oily surface.

The only thing to be done about growth already affected is to trim it off the plant and feed with Fruit & Citrus Food to encourage new growth which you can then treat with oil to prevent the grubs.