As the nights draw in and the first frosts loom, turn attention to tender perennials that struggle outdoors through winter. Plants like pelargoniums, salvias, osteospermums, and fuchsias gave months of colour in summer. Left unprotected, they can be killed by frost and excessively wet conditions. The good news is, simple preparation now preserves plants [...]

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August is a betwixt and between month when plants that flower profusely during early to midsummer have died down. And then the late summer flowering plants are only just starting to come into flower. Bad weather will also hold back flowers. This is an ideal time to walk around the garden and assess what [...]

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January is usually a quiet month in the garden but there are still things that can be done now to help with the growing year ahead. And one of those relates to rhubarb. Rhubarb is actually classified as a perennial vegetable but treated as a fruit.  It normally starts to produce long [...]

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