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Planting
- Plant bulbs.
- Plant strawberries, lettuce, onions, spinach, radish, broad beans, cabbage.
- Plant pansies, violas, polyanthus, cineraria
- Plant natives such as correas, bottlebrushes, lillypillies and grevilleas.
Fertilising
Pruning
- Deadhead roses.
- Cut back pelargoniums by about two-thirds
- Cut down herbaceous perennials that have finished flowering
Lawncare
Prepare lawn for the colder months by fertilising once more before winter with a general purpose lawn food like Scotts® Lawn Builder™.
Controlling garden pests
- Keep an eye out for aphids, especially on roses. Dispatch aphids quickly and safely with a long-lasting
insect spray like Defender™ Bug-B-Gon.
- An anti-snail campaign now will pay big dividends in the spring. Use Defender™ Snail & Slug Pellets.
- Treat fungal diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew with a fungicide.
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