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Autumn in your garden

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"Today in April, soft-sky April
The figs wry-leafed are gone to sap,
Pawpaws hard-green cling
Slow swelling for winter pulling...
Gold cassia and golden rod,
Exuberant chrysanthemums!
"

From Earth by Brian Vrepont

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Planting

Interested in correas?
Read what Norm McCarthy says about correas on Australian Plants Online.

  • 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
Patchy lawns from the wear and tear of summer games

Lawn Builder™ PatchMaster Seeds & Repair Mix is the easy way to repair bald patches in the lawn.

It contains Lawn Builder™ lawn fertiliser, Hydraflo2® wetting agent, premium seed blend and premium topdress. No mixing required.

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.