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Native Gardens

Suitable for:

  • Grevilleas
  • Banksias
  • Hakeas
  • Boronias
  • Stag and Elkhorn ferns
  • Waratahs
  • Other phosphorus-sensitive plants
  • South African Protea family

Iron & magnesium

Keeps leaves greener, longer

Osmocote 6 months

Controlled release feeding

Wetting agent

With Hydraflo moisture control

Osmocote® Native Gardens

Specially formulated for phosphorus-sensitive plants, Native Gardens offers safe and reliable feeding with just two applications per year.

Use on all phosphorus-sensitive plants including South African proteas, leucadendrons, leucospermums and serrurias.

Use Osmocote® Total All Purpose to fertilise popular Australian native plants that are not phosphorus-sensitive, such as eucalypts (gums), lillypillies, callistemons and melaleucas.

When to use

The best time to apply Native Gardens is in spring and again in late summer

Quick facts

Osmocote® Native Gardens is a complete nutrition package with a NPK of 17.9 : 0.8 : 7.3 and contains additional nutrients including . 

  • Iron
  • added trace elements and minerals that are specifically suited to this plant group

How Native Gardens works

This controlled release fertiliser contains all the nutrients needed for healthy plant growth. The nutrients are released according to temperature - more when it's warm, when plants are growing well, less when it's cold.

How to use

Using the rate recommended on the container, sprinkle the Native Gardens around the dripline.

Add also to potting mix and to soil at planting time.

For more information, refer to how to apply Osmocote and planting & fertilising.

Sizes

Available in 500g, 700g, 1kg and 2kg tubs.

Need more information?

Answers to questions gardeners ask us about Osmocote products

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Osmocote®'s unique controlled release technology means there is no surplus fertiliser runoff or leaching to pollute waterways. Check out Scotts® environment stories.

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