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September, 2011	Scotts Australia home
In And Around Your Garden - Early Spring 'action' Hello $db.getFIRSTNAME(), It's time to blow away the last of the 'winter cobwebs' as sunny, milder days entice us outside. A few hours a week in the garden now will bring rewards you can enjoy throughout spring and summer - lots of flowers, green lawns, and fresh fruit and vegetables! Best wishes The Garden Team Scotts^® Australia

Tip of the month

Want to be a garden trend-setter?

It helps to be part of a worldwide organisation! Our northern hemisphere colleagues tell us that 'colour' is flooding back to gardens.

Pots, tubs, window boxes and massed beds of brilliant flowering annuals have been all the rage over the northern summer, with demand for seeds, seedlings, pots and potting mixes going through the roof!

From experience, we know that what's hot in the northern summer tends to be just as popular here in Australia the following summer.

So, be up with the very latest in gardening - plant or sow lots of annual colour this spring, to enjoy yourself and get the neighbours talking!

Browse the Virtual Flowers Australia Annuals A-Z guide to plan your blaze of summer colour and set your new plants up for success with a controlled release fertilising program.

Working with the Environment

The Osmocote®
PLUS ORGANICS range

Bringing fertilisers the best of both worlds - original Osmocote controlled release fertilisers

•	added organic matter such as composted chicken manure (chemical-free from layers), blood & bone, seaweed and fish emulsion
•	natural gypsum to improve soil texture and add calcium
•	wetting agent to improve moisture penetration and retention, allowing plants to thrive with less watering

The new Osmocote PLUS ORGANICS fertilisers are safe to use on new plants, have very little odour and are designed for your specific gardening need.

•	All Purpose
•	Vegetable, Tomato & Herb
•	Fruit & Citrus, Roses, Gardenias & Azaleas
•	Plant Starter

and now the latest addition to our Plus Organics range, a Vegetable and Herb Mix, perfect for your outdoor or potted vegetables and herbs, Osmocote® Plus
Organics Vegetable & Herb Mix.
Available at Bunnings.

Did you know?

When only the best will do

Love that lawn

Lawns combat climate change

A well maintained, healthy lawn

1.	converts and stores as much carbon in one year as one tree will do in 20 years.
2.	reduces runoff and replenishes ground water
3.	controls erosion

Plus a healthy lawn

•	cools the environment around a dwelling.
•	provides a safe, soft surface for families and children to enjoy

and

•	improves property value

Need help with your lawn?

Check four strategies for easier lawn care or consult our yearly lawn care guide.

When you want the joy of a garden - vibrant colour as well as vegies and herbs - but space is limited, gardening in pots, tubs and hanging baskets is the answer.

But take care. Results will depend on the quality of the potting mixes you choose.

Look for the Standards Australia 'ticks' - black for standard grade and red for premium grade.

Osmocote potting mixes are of the highest quality - red tick approved.

Osmocote� Premium Potting Mix feeds your plants for 5 months. It contains Osmocote controlled release fertiliser, wetting agent and added absorbent coir to retain more moisture.

Osmocote� Multi Purpose Potting Mix is an economical mix that feeds for 3 months. It contains Osmocote controlled release fertiliser and wetting agent.

Both mixes are suitable for indoor plants, shrubs, flowers, palms, fruit trees, vegetables and herbs, but not recommended for use for phosphorus-sensitive Australian native plants.

Read our four tips for successful container gardening.

A fabulous lawn with minimal effort

Scotts Lawn Builder

Scotts Lawn Builder™ fertilisers take the guesswork out of keeping a lawn healthy and vigorous all year.

Just two applications of Lawn Builder each year in cooler areas, or three in sub-tropical regions, provide sufficient nutrients to encourage strong, intertwining growth that will deter weeds and keep lawns thick and lush.

Regular rainfall over the past months has seen lawns come back to life, but regular feeding is essential to their ongoing wellbeing.

Lawn Builder products are designed for specific lawn care needs from feeding lawns in good or poor soils, to controlling weeds and lawn pests, and even for nurturing new lawns or repairing established lawns.

Which Lawn Builder does your lawn need?

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