Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
Allow me to share some of my enthusiasm and interests in gardening with a focus on the plants I know best and those that do especially well in my own Sydney garden.
This is more than just about plants: it's also about the people involved in gardening; their books and gardens; planting schemes; choosing appropriate plant types; colour selection... There is plenty to think and read about in iGarden.
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I think pruning is one of the trickier aspects of gardening. So much depends on the climate or even the microclimate where you live. And there aren't blanket rules that can be applied to every plant, such as 'Prune hard after flowering'. Whilst that adage works very well indeed with spring-flowering shrubs, such as Weigela, Deutzia, Brunfelsia, Rhaphiolepis ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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The coldest month brings new gardening tasks to do! Read More »
Fertilising: Annual flowers such as pansy, primula and cineraria will appreciate some foliar feeding as will bulbs. Winter-flowering perennials such as hellebores, violets, Cymbidium orchids, Bergenia and Salvia will appreciate being given a liquid fertiliser formulated to promote more blooms.
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