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Planting

Plant tomato seeds in punnets and plant out seedlings once there is no danger of frost.
Choose drought-hardy perennials such as nemesia, geranium and scabiosa for summer colour.
Plant impatiens in shady areas.
Sow lettuce, silver beet, rocket and bok choy for healthy greens.

Handy tip

Plant shade trees. In southern gardens, plant deciduous trees on the northern and eastern sides of the house and evergreens along the west and south sides. In hot climates choose trees with a wide, umbrella shape, rather than a columnar habit.

Fertilise trees with Osmocote® Plus Trees, Shrubs & Citrus.

Visit Fleming' Nurseries to get help with selecting trees for your garden.

Fertilising

Feed all garden plants with controlled release fertiliser.
Keep fertilised plants watered. If using greywater, use plant-friendly washing detergent. Find information about the effects of detergents.

Pruning

Trim back camellias lightly to encourage bushiness.
Prune passionfruit vines back to the main leaders.
Deadhead flowers of spring flowering bulbs the let foliage die off before removing it.

Lawncare

Kill off lawn weeds including bindii with Lawn Builder + Weed Kill. Apply evenly with a Scotts® lawn spreader and read the label carefully.
Quickly repair bare patches caused by weed removal with PatchMaster Seeds + Repair Mix.
Argentine Stem Weevils are active in spring and damage lawns. Lawn Builder + Grub & Insect Control will eliminate them. It also kills ants.

Controlling garden pests

Deal with all the major insect pests on your ornamental plants with one spray. Aphids, caterpillars, scale, mealy bugs, lillypilly psyllids, azalea lace bug, leaf hoppers, whitefly and thrips can all be eliminated with Defender™ MaxGuard.
Apply Defender™ Snail & Slug Pellets lightly and often.
Treat with a systemic insecticide like Defender™ MaxGuard.