What to do in your Garden this Month
We’re all praying for good rains this winter, but while we wait for the drought to break, get your garden ready for the cooler, hopefully wetter, months ahead.
- clear the fallen leaves and other debris out of your gutters
- cut back Michaelmas daisies, penstemon, chrysanthemum, obedience plants (Physostegia), plectranthus, dahlias and cannas.
PLANT & SOW:
Direct Sow the seeds of cornflowers, sweet peas, alyssum, African daisy, linaria, lobelia and Virginian stocks.
HOT TIP! Encourage efficient sweet pea growth by mulching regularly, snipping off new tendrils and side shoots and using a trellis or stake to keep individual plants upright.
Plant these seedlings: pansies, carnations, dianthus, cineraria, phlox, salvia, poppies, verbena and primula.
Plant these bulbs: iris, freesia, ixia, narcissus, chincherinchee, ranunculus, sparaxis and tritonia.
Plant these indigenous plants: proteas, ericas, conebushes and pincushions
Sow these winter veggies: broad beans, beetroot, celery, peas, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, spinach, onions, lettuce, garlic, leeks, parsnips and turnips, parsnips and parsley.
HOT TIP! When digging trenches to plant asparagus, remember that the crowns must be spaced 45cm apart so ensure the trench width is 45cm wide and then dig 25 to 30cm deep.