Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Onion seed, feijoa and deciduous fruit trees, trees and shrubs, potted colour, flowers and perennials.
Tend To
Weeding, protecting, mulching, feeding, replanting and harvesting.
Essentials
Living Earth More Than Mulch, Aquaticus Organic Garden Booster, Kings 24-Plus, and Quash.
Plant Now
Onion seed, feijoa and deciduous fruit trees, trees and shrubs, potted colour, flowers and perennials.
Veggies
- Sow onion seed now for an early summer harvest.
- Plant out broad beans, asian greens, brussels sprouts and cauliflower.
- Consider getting a Vegepod or small greenhouse as you can plant and grow more tender crops and get faster plant growth. For small gardens see the new Vegebag option instore.
Fruit Trees
- You can still plant out your feijoa now, as well as mandarins and other delicious citrus.
- Deciduous fruit trees will be available from stores from mid-June, so start planning out your urban orchard now.
- Remember, you need at least four meters between trees.
Trees and Shrubs
- Don't forget to get those native and dry-tolerant plants in the garden. These are perfect for neglected parts of your property or rental houses.
- Daphne arrive in stores in April. Plant in part shade in a large pot or in a shadier part of the garden.
- Hebes and Coprosmas will offer autumn colour and are great to fill permanent gaps.
Flowers and Perennials
- Potted colour this month includes white alyssum, calendula, pansies, stock, primula, polyanthus and viola.
- Plant out seedlings of sweet peas and cineraria.
- Cyclamen are a winter favourite. They are hardy, best grown in shaded areas both in pots and the garden, and will produce flowers through to mid-spring.
- Plant hellebores under trees now and enjoy their sweet blooms each year thereafter.
- Plant your favourite spring bulbs into the garden and pots now.
Tend To
Weeding, protecting, mulching, feeding, replanting and harvesting.
Veggies
- Weed between plants, otherwise they will compete with your seedlings for water, light, food and space.
- Set down bug netting, or put Quash around your seedlings to protect them from slugs and snails.
Trees and Shrubs
- Mulch with Living Earth More Than Mulch and fertilise around established trees with Aquaticus Organic Garden Booster.
- When planting your new trees and shrubs, sprinkle a couple of scoops of Kings 24-Plus in each hole.
Flowers and Perennials
- Clean out any scraggly summer or early autumn annuals that have finished, they die after blooming.
- Replant hanging baskets with winter colour, and feed with Kings Fast Food or sheep pellets once a month.
Harvest
- Harvest late-season feijoas and onions, rhubarb stalks, mandarins, cabbage, radish and chicory.