Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Summer veggies, citrus and subtropical fruit, tropical and foliage trees and shrubs, annuals and perennials.
Tend To
Watering, weeding, mulching, feeding, mowing lawns, and harvesting.
Essentials
Water Control Flex Timer, Kings Slow Release Citrus Food, Aquaticus Organic Garden Booster, Kings Fast Food and more.
Plant Now
Summer veggies, citrus and subtropical fruit, tropical and foliage trees and shrubs, annuals and perennials.
Veggies
- The window to plant large summer veggies in the garden is quickly closing, so don’t miss out on homegrown produce including tomatoes, courgettes, basil and beans.
- Large-grade chillies and peppers will be available this month – stores will be filled with unusual, tasty and sometimes dangerously hot varieties!
- Grow the makings of delicious summer salads by planting rocket, beetroot, silverbeet, sorrel and nasturtiums.
- Stagger your planting of lettuce, coriander, rocket, spinach and parsley to spread out your harvest.
Fruit Trees
- Don’t miss out on planting citrus and subtropical fruit.
- Make sure that you keep plants well-watered during these warm months using collected rainwater or reusing greywater.
- We’ve got some great plants coming in so check out some of our new stock, including cherimoyas, pawpaw and natal plum.
- Once blueberry bushes are established, they produce masses of delicious fruit. For best results, plant two different varieties in slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter such as peat and compost.
Trees and Shrubs
- Enjoy a tropical getaway in your own backyard. You can still buy and plant tropical and subtropical plants, including canna lilies, mandevilla, bromeliads, hibiscus, vireya, palms and gardenia.
- Add a dash of colour with stunning foliage that lasts all year round. We’ve got a range of hardy, drought-resistant grasses like lomandra tanika, tropical cordylines or shrubs such as nandina or loropetalum.
Flowers and Perennials
- Fill in gaps in the garden with annuals such as petunias, marigolds, impatiens, and gazanias for instant colour.
- Struggling to keep on top of watering? Plant drought-resistant perennials such as portulaca pizzaz, ice plants, osteospermums and kangaroo paws to ensure you have a garden full of colourful, hardy flowers.
Tend To
Watering, weeding, mulching, feeding, mowing lawns, and harvesting.
Veggies
- Make sure you keep on top of watering and weeds in the veggie garden and ensure plants are fed with Kings Fast Food.
Fruit Trees
- Mulch and deeply water fruit trees (especially those planted in the last year) to ensure they stay happy and healthy.
- Feed when needed with Kings Slow Release Citrus Food or, for an organic option that improves soil health, use Aquaticus Garden Booster.
Flowers and Perennials
- Weed flower gardens and feed plants with Kings Fast Food, watering often.
- Remove spent flowers regularly to keep plants looking great and encourage prolonged flowering.
Lawns
- Give your lawns a mow every two weeks, making sure not to mow them too short as this will expose gaps and encourage the growth of broadleaf weeds.
Harvest
- There will be a lot to harvest from January onwards. Loganberry, blueberry, boysenberry, strawberry and raspberry are all on the menu.
- Don’t forget to harvest your tomatoes, lettuce, okra, eggplant, cucumber, watermelon and avocado (Reed/Hass).