Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Veggies and seedlings, passionfruit, rhubarb, dwarf citrus, roses, climbers and hibiscus, flowers and perennials, summer bulbs, and lawns.
Tend To
Watering, weeding, feeding, mulching, repotting, and harvesting.
Essentials
Organic Garden Booster, Living Earth More than Mulch, Kings Container Mix, Pea straw and Lucerne, Kings Tomato Food and more.
Plant Now
Veggies and seedlings, passionfruit, rhubarb, dwarf citrus, roses, climbers and hibiscus, flowers and perennials, summer bulbs, and lawns.
Veggies
- It’s time to get beans, tomatoes, chillies, capsicums, eggplant, courgettes, cucumber, and kumara in the ground.
- Get a potted herb garden started now. Mint is perfect in containers as it can get out of hand in gardens.
Fruit Trees
- Passionfruits are a must for any garden! Choose a sunny, warm area against a fence or frame. As they grow, occasionally prune to allow airflow around the leaves, preventing any bacterial infections due to high humidity.
- If you are short on space plant dwarf citrus in pots as they only reach 1.5 to 2m tall.
Trees and Shrubs
- Roses are mostly now in flower and looking truly stunning instore. Come in and feast your eyes on their delightful blooms.
- Beautiful flowering climbers will be instore this month including sweet smelling star jasmine, tropical bougainvillea and mandevilla.
- Add a spectacular tropical touch to your garden with some of the eye-catching hibiscus, now available instore.
Flowers and Perennials
- Dianthus, dahlias, salvias, zinnias, snapdragons, and verbenas are available for pots and gardens.
Lawn
- Late spring is the last chance to get a good lawn germinating before the heat of summer packs in.
Tend To
Watering, weeding, feeding, mulching, repotting, and harvesting.
Veggies
- Stagger your planting to spread out your summer harvest. A two week gap is a good benchmark.
- Water, weed, and feed with Kings Fast Food. Tomato plants can be fed with Kings Tomato Food instead.
- Mulch veggie beds with pea straw to improve water retention in the soil.
Fruit Trees
- Be sustainable with your watering. Use an eco-friendly soap then you can reuse greywater for those thirsty fruit trees.
- Keep an eye on those delicious strawberries – beat the blackbirds and you’ll have plenty for your summer smoothies.
Lawns
- Water your lawn regularly with tank water or greywater from the house to be a bit more sustainable.
- Late spring is the last chance to get the lawn sorted. Plant any seed before the heat of summer kicks in.
- It’s important to keep grass low around plants and mulch around trees to help suppress any weeds.
Indoor Plants
- Mid to late spring is a great time to start repotting indoor plants. Do some homework on the best mix for your species or ask instore for some advice.
- Make sure your room has enough humidity for any tropical plants. Humidity levels are best kept around 60–70%. If you have less, put rocks in the bottom of your saucers before filling them with water.
- Cut back any spent flowers. With moth orchids, snip back just above the first or second node.
Harvest
- Harvest and enjoy delicious strawberries – make sure to freeze some for summer smoothies too.
General Tasks
- Apply a little bulb food around any finishing spring flowers and to any summer bulbs that might just be starting to sprout.
- Get the garden buzzing with comfrey, borage, cosmos, lavender, and salvia to attract bees.
- Plant around the bottom of fruit trees and next to veggie gardens. Healthy leaf litter can be used for mulch under large trees. This also offers birds a place to forage for insects.
Flowers and Perennials
- Give potted plants a great start with Kings Container Mix or Tui Pot Power.