Wonderful Water! On a quick winter-time escape to Queensland, I was reminded about the power of water. Wallaman Falls is the tallest permanent waterfall in Australia at a height of 269m. Its mist creates a haven for ferns in the valley and its surrounds. You can create a green oasis in your bathroom at home with ferns that will love the mist from your shower. Here are three easy care ferns for you to enjoy!
The Birds Nest are such versitle fern varieties that can fill the tiniest to largest of spaces. It is the number one easiest to grow variety as it will tolerate both wet and dry periods. With broad leaf texture and lime gren foliage colour, its outstanding shape offers contrast to other finer ferns. Great in pots inside or out and fabulous to fill a shady corner of the garden. H 30 TO 40CM in a pot H 1m x 1m in the garden.
ADIANTUM FULVUM -'NZ MAIDENHAIR' Popular and beautiful fern, with graceful fronds of fresh green leaflets, often on shiny black stems. New growth is sometimes a beautiful pink or bronze colour. Ideal for bathrooms, patio containers and hanging baskets. Grow in a light, airy position, out of direct sun and sheltered from wind or draughts. Keep moist, but not wet, at all times.Feed during the growing season with applications of slow release & liquid fertiliser shuch as Maxicrop SEMI-SHADE H 30 x 30cm
DAVALLIA - 'HARE'S FOOT FERN' A hardy beginers fern with charming and unique fronds, known for it's fuzzy growing rhizomes. The abundance of creeping 'legs' have a unique ornamental value, they creep along the pot offering the appearance of a rabbit or hare's feet. This fern's delicate, lacy fonds add a soft, graceful touch to any indoor collection. PART SUN -SHADE H30cm – 50cm
Easy Care Ferns Filled with Inspiration ! Carolyn
NEW ART DECO HANGING PLANTERS Two colours available, black & gold These art deco hanging planters are perfect for styling your favourite indoor plants! Dimensions: 100cm H (with chain) x 16cm x 14cm - fits 110mm pot
GIFTS-2-GO! A Staff Favourite... Helleborus 'Sophie's Delight' For lovers of the beautiful winter-flowering Helleborus, 'Sophie’s Delight' cannot fail to impress. Proudly held well above its handsome foliage, predominantly white blooms are deliciously edged and backed with deep mulberry - a colour combination that is both simple and elegant. 'Sophie’s Delight' is quite happy indoors for up to three weeks, after which it will be a valuable evergreen addition to a semi-shaded garden border or container. FULL- PART SHADE 50cm x 50cm
Place in a bright luminescent area away from direct sun rays to avoid the leaf burn in hot weather. Check water twice a week by feeling the top of the soil for moisture. If you feel moisture, leave it for now. When almost dry the size of the pot will determine how much water you need to give. Enough water to cover the top of the pot is ideal. Never sit in a tray of water. ApplyB-Green Fertilizer twice a year in spring and autumn. A monthly application of Maxicrop Indoor Plant Food will re-invigorate leaves and roots to rejuvenate growth.
A popular variety that is early to mature and provides an abundance of delicious shelling peas on compact plants. The pods are well-filled with wonderfully sweet peas that are rich in Vitamin A, C and folate. This cool season crop suits a range of growing conditions, and is particularly well suited for smaller gardens.
Since peas like slightly alkaline soil, it’s best to prepare the soil a few weeks before planting seedlings by adding a small amount of dolomite or garden lime to the soil, along with some compost or a balanced fertiliser. Mix in some compost to improve drainage if the soil is compacted, as peas don’t like ‘wet feet’, better known as waterlogged roots.
When plants start growing, they will need watering. As peas are susceptible to powdery mildew, it is best to water them early in the day and to water the soil near their roots, without wetting their leaves.
Peas taste best when harvested fairly young. If left too long to mature, edible pea pods may need to be de-stringed by removing the stringy fibres from the top seam of the pod. Snap off the stem end of the pea toward the top seam and pull away the attached stringy part to remove it.
Apart from the usual benefits of mulching, such as retaining soil moisture and keeping weeds at bay, straw mulches are fantastic for boosting the quality, water holding capacity and nutrition of your soil. Lucerne is rich in potassium, calcium, iron and folic acid. It also increases the nitrogen in the soil. It is the quickest mulch to break down and improve the soil and would benefit from reapplication every six months. Lucerne is a great mulch to use in your veggie garden this Summer!
