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Love this planting combination for an open sunny l Love this planting combination for an open sunny location. Viewed from all angles the plants are taller through the middle stepping down to border plants on both sides.
Taller Plants
🌿Salvia Mirage
🌿Salvia Velour Pink
🌿Correa glabraBorder Plants
🌿Seaside Daisy
🌿Tulbaghia comminsii ( Society Garlic)
🌿Agapanthus "Snowball"
This week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter is out This week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter is out now. Link in Bio or stories
Here are my seasonal garden tips from this week's Here are my seasonal garden tips from this week's Newseltter. Also pictured is my first Hydrangea of the season.
GROW TIP
In these windy conditions ensure you are doing extra watering on any heavily flowering shrubs and perennials. This will help prolong the length of flowering time and hopefully prevent an abrupt end to the spring flowering. Aim to water in early morning or later in the evening. Focus watering on the soil rather than the foliage or flowers. This watering will apply to the veggie garden too.VEGGIE GARDEN TIP
I’m applying fortnightly applications of liquid fertiliser to my tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchinis. I aim to use a fertiliser higher in the potassium to encourage flowering and fruiting over green leaves. I tend to use a liquid fertiliser like Power feed for Tomatoes and Vegetables Im also using Neutrog’s GOGO Juice once a month. This has an “advanced biological formula and acts as a probiotic concentrate for soil and plants, combining the power of billions of beneficial microbes with seaweed, fish and humic acid to improve soil and plant health”.LAWN TIP
All of my time is about to become focused on the lawn maintenance. As the temperatures warm up and we get the odd shower of rain here and there the grass will be growing almost too fast to keep on top of. I’m not complaining as I know we are very lucky to have green grass still. This may change in coming weeks. I always find if the lawn edges are neat then it doesn’t matter too much if the lawn looks a bit long and messy.
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My weekly Gardens at A Glance Newsletter is out now - THE FOUR SEASONS OF SPRING - COLD, HOT, LATE FROSTS, WINDS, THUNDERSTORMS AND THEN MORE WIND .Our Roses were all a sight to see over the last month however in the last two weeks the weather extremes have left them a bit worse for ware. The frost, windy conditions and then rain have caused them to deteriorate. This is a shame as they would normally last another week. I will go through and dead head them all now so hopefully they will flush with another around of blooms right in time for Christmas …..Hopefully!!.
I have finally planted my Dahlias only a few weeks later than what I wanted however I have been assured by a couple of professional Dahlia growers that its not too late. They in fact are still selling some of their dahlias and will do so until mid December. In this week’s issue we have my garden tips along with my four garden related recommendation. Hope you enjoy this issue. Thanks for being here.To read full newsletter go subscribe via link in Bio or See on stories
Acanthus mollis or the Oyster Plant is a bold, arc Acanthus mollis or the Oyster Plant is a bold, architectural perennial. The flower spikes can reach up to 1.5 cm in height. White to pale pink in colour. The flowers are nestled underneath hooded purple or mauve bracts. Flowering normally starts in spring and continues through summer. Acanthus mollis is generally easy to grow and low-maintenance once established, but it is important to choose its location wisely, as it dislikes being moved. It can also be quite aggressive - once it is established it can be very difficult to remove. It has a deep underground root system. It ​ prefers partial shade (morning sun, afternoon shade) for the best performance, especially in hot climates, as strong afternoon sun can scorch the leaves. It will tolerate full sun in cooler areas and can survive in deep shade (though flowering will be reduced).It is quite  drought-tolerant, though it may go dormant or wilt dramatically if left too dry during hot spells.  In winter here in Young it willdie down in the coldest weather.
Hollyhocks - I love their flowers that are cup sha Hollyhocks - I love their flowers that are cup shapped growing on tall, rigid spikes or spires.  These spikes can often reach heights of 1.5 to 2.4 metres or more.
​Flowers: The blossoms come in a wide variety of colors, including white, pink, red, purple, yellow, and even a very dark, nearly black maroon. They can have single or double rows of petals.
​Most varieties are biennials, meaning they grow foliage in the first year and then flower, set seed, and die in the second year. However, they readily self-seed, making them seem like perennials in the garden as new plants pop up each year.
This has to be my undeniable favourite Rose of the This has to be my undeniable favourite Rose of the week. Apricot Nectar describes this species well soft, pale apricot that matures into creamy-yellow or peach tones.
​The blooms are large, classical, and fully double, often appearing in generous clusters, which gives the plant an abundant, full appearance. It carries a distinctive and strong, sweet, fruity scent.
​Growing as a vigorous and upright Floribunda, it is reliability and will repeat bloom. We just apply Sudden Impact to our Roses every 2 months. This encourages healthy growth, strengthens root systems and brings on lots of flowers
These are 5 of my favourite evergreen plants I use These are 5 of my favourite evergreen plants I use on repeat in our garden and in our garden designs. Evergreen Structure is an important element of the garden as you can't always rely on the "prettys" to give you a balanced cohesive design. I try to keep the plant selection 70- 80% evergreen structure and shape with 20-30% flowering perennials etc
5 of my favourites
🌿Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
🌿Olives in  tree form and many different shapes
🌿Teucrium Spheres or hedges ( needs very well draining spot)
🌿Elaeagnus hedges, spheres or even as a beautiful rambling shrub
🌿Beschoneria perfect for its architectural shape
Here are my weekly garden related picks from this Here are my weekly garden related picks from this week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter.🌿@le_sac__ newest collaboration with artist @emmasheehanartist - the Garden Journal.  🌿Sarah Ryan's open garden day at @hillandalegardens🌿@aleisha_lynch home garden open day at  Orcombe Farm 🌿The Spring Open Day at @ladysmith_park_perennialsIf you would like to subscribe to my newsletter go to my website (Link in Bio) Happy Gardening !
In this week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter I ha In this week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter I have my seasonal garden tips for the week. (If you would like to subscribe go to my website link in Bio or link in stories) Here they are ....
HERB TIP
Now hopefully we may have some more consistent temperatures - at least I hope we will, I am planting out my annual herbs in the veggie garden and also in some pots next to our kitchen door. I tend to plant herbs in individual pots rather than group all varieties into a bigger pot. My annual herbs are mainly coriander, basil, rocket and dill. Basil will also go in next to my tomatoes as it makes a brilliant companion plant to them.
LAWN TIP
My husband and the other half of Glenice Buck Designs, Phil has completed a lawn renovation this week on our Zoysia and Kikuyu lawns. The lawn renovation season has normally well and truly started by now however the soil temps have still been quite low. You still have time. If your lawn is thick with thatch and seems very spongey it may need to be renovated. For all the tips you can go to Phil’s You Tube Chanel - The Down Under Lawn here
WATERING TIP
Check watering on all plants after windy days. We seemed to have had days of very windy conditions lately. We are yet to have really hot temperatures however on these windy days, garden beds and especially pots will dry out quickly. Be sure to check on moisture levels after the wind.
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