Scotts

25 October, 2007

Hello,

The holiday season is approaching so prepare now for all that delightful outdoor entertaining.

Pruning spent flowers and applying fresh mulch immediately brightens up the garden and with a little gentle help from Scotts with fertilising, and weed and pest control, your garden will soon look bright and welcoming.

Best wishes,
Scotts® Customer Service Team

Become a successful container gardener

Container gardening is a great way to enjoy growing plants and you can grow a huge range of things in pots - from trees, to your own fresh vegetables and herbs.

Here are the keys to success.

And you'll find more tips in Pot Plants & Baskets.

Some of our garden plants such as arum lilies, agapanthus, cotoneaster, ivy and periwinkle become weeds if they escape into bushland.

They crowd out native plants and this in turn, harms native animals.

Farms and bushland are at risk when weeds or plants escape from our gardens.

Take some simple steps to stop garden escapees.

Did you know?

Pruning Tips

Bugs bugging you?

Delicate and
drought tolerant

Roses are amongst the best drought tolerant plants for your garden once they are established.

All plants need regular watering when they are first planted out, but after their first season, roses are very tough.

So much to know
about roses

For useful tips on rose care and some interesting notes about this popular Australian garden flower, read Rose notes and interesting facts.

	Prune Spring flowering shrubs and creepers such as weigela, lilac, diosma, jasmine & wisteria as soon as flowering is complete.
	Prune hibiscus *in spring* for a better flowering in late summer/autumn.
	Prune native plants such as bottlebrush, grevillea and alyogyne after flowering to keep them bushy and compact.

And don't forget to fertilise after pruning - ideally with a controlled release fertiliser like Osmocote® TOTAL All Purpose, which can be used on all plants.

Sap sucking insects make our plants look tatty and unattractive, and they spread plant viruses and diseases.

pests

Defeat pests!

Kill pests like azalea lace bug, mealy bug, lillypilly psyllids, scale, aphids, whitefly & thrips with Defender™ MaxGuard® - it's a low toxicity solution that is fast acting, systemic and long-lasting.

Kill pests on your lawn with our Scotts® Lawn Builder® + Grub & Insect Control™.

Read our tips on pest control.

Looking for real garden help?
Check the Scotts Product Guide.

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