The following is a list of vegetables you can plant in August in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the link for the growing guide for each vegetable: Plant of the Month – Cuphea Hyssopifolia (Mexican heather) Cuphea hyssopifolia is a low growing, flowering, dense evergreen shrub in family Lythracea and in the genus Cuphea that contains about 260 species Cuphea hyssopifolia is native to … Continue reading What to Plant in August
The following is a list of vegetables you can plant in July in Sydney, a temperate zone, (just click on the link for the growing guide for each vegetable) Plant of the Month – Zygopetalum Crinitum Orchid Recently, I was so surprised to enter a room graced by a vase of Zygopetalum orchid spikes covered in beautiful orchid blooms. The real surprise was the heady … Continue reading What to Plant in July
This is the first day of winter and this is the first planting guide of the season. The following is a list of vegetables that you can plant in June in Sydney, a temperate zone (just click on the link for the growing guide for each vegetable). Plant of the Month: Ruellia makoyama – (monkey plant or trailing velvet plant) Image credit Stan Shebs (2005) … Continue reading What to Plant in June
The following is a list of vegetables that you can plant in May in Sydney, a temperate zone (just click on the link for the growing guide for each vegetable): Plant of the Month – Argyranthemum frutescens- (Honeybees Double White Pink) Argyranthemum ‘Honeybee Double Pink White’ is a perennial in the family Asteraceae and has a profusion of double, daisy-like flowers in soft pink tones. It blooms … Continue reading What to Plant in May
To all: gardeners, friends and followers I wish you a Happy Easter! Christós anésti, Buona Pasqua, Joyeuses Pâques, Felices Pascuas, Feliz Pascoa, Frohe Ostern, Schöni Oschtere. Whatever your own family traditions are, celebrating in the beauty of the northern hemisphere spring or in the warmth of the southern hemisphere autumn, I wish every reader of this site a happy Easter Sunday shared with loved ones … Continue reading Happy Easter
The following is a list of vegetables that you can plant in April in Sydney, a temperate zone (just click on the link for the growing guide for each vegetable Plant of the Month – Mirabilis Jalapa – (the wonder of Peru or four o’clock plant) Mirabilis jalapa, the marvel of Peru or ‘four o’clock flower’ is a perennial, herbaceous, bushy plant that is native … Continue reading What to plant in April
We are now in autumn and this is the first Planting Guide of the season. The following is a list of vegetables and herbs that you can plant in March in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable: Plant of the Month: The lovely Liriope muscari Liriope muscari is a species of flowering plant in the … Continue reading What to Plant in March
The following is a list of vegetables and herbs that you can plant in February in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Plant of the Month – Hemerocallis fulva ‘kwanso‘- (Double orange day lily) Hemerocallis fulva ‘kwanso’, the double orange daylily, is a beautiful species that is not related to the Liliam family … Continue reading What to Plant in February
A Happy New Year to all followers, gardeners and visitors to The Grantham Gardener from beautiful Sydney. Today we will gather with friends, family and visitors to our home to share a meal and celebrate 2026 hoping for peace in our world this year. May your homes be filled with laughter and happiness today and good health and prosperity in the year to come. The … Continue reading Happy New Year 2026
Its Christmas day on this side of the world, in beautiful Sydney! After rolling heatwaves with days in the high 30’s to 42 C we will be having lovely mild Christmas day. To all who read this: gardeners, followers and visitors, I wish you a peaceful and happy Christmas. Continue reading Merry Christmas from the Grantham Gardener
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