Today is the first day of summer and this is the first planting guide of the season.The following is a list of vegetables and herbs you can plant in December in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Plant of the Month – The elegant and beautiful Gladiolus Gladioli are a classic perennials that … Continue reading What to Plant in December
The following is a list of vegetables and herbs you can plant in November in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Plant of the Month – The beautiful Neomarica candida (walking Iris) The Neomarica candida, popularly known as Walking iris, is a drought resistant, hardy, herbaceous, rhizomatous, plant known for its lovely foliage … Continue reading What to Plant in November
The following is a list of vegetables and herbs you can plant in October in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Plant of the Month: The stunning Sprekelia formosissima- (Aztec lily or Jacobean Lily) (click on any image in this post to see greater detail of any of the Sprekelia stuctures) Many years … Continue reading What to Plant in October
Today is the first day of spring and this is the first planting guide of the season. The following is a list of vegetables you can plant in September in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the link for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Plant of the Month – Ranunculus asiaticus – (Persian buttercup) Spring is here in Sydney and the … Continue reading What to Plant in September
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 – Crassula Ovata – (Jade plant) During the cloudy grey days of winter, the beautiful Crassula ovata, popularly known as the Jade or Lucky plant, sparkles with starry, pink tinged, white flowers … 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: Aeonium Arboreum –( Tree aeonium) The lovely Tree Aeonium is one of the few succulents that actively grows and flowers in winter and brings a pop of beautiful brilliant yellow to the … Continue reading What to Plant in July
Winter has just begun 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: Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis – (Thimble cactus) The Thimble Cactus or Mammillaria vetula gracilus is a beautiful … 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 – Orbea Variegata – ( Starfish or Carrion Cactus) Having grown this lovely succulent for many years in pots, I have been lucky enough to see it in flower around this … Continue reading What to Plant in May
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 – Cape Marguerite Osteospermum, or also known as African or Cape daisies are flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, in the family Asteraceae and are native to South Africa. The beauty and … Continue reading What to Plant in April
Today is the first day of 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: Olea europaea- ( European Olive Tree) The olive and its precious oil … Continue reading What to Plant in March
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