Gardening
Foster summer success
Gus Flower - Waikato Times
By now the summer bedding should be well settled in, healthy and vigorous and will be providing colourful displays right through to the end of summer. To ensure the continued success of these beds and borders regular maintenance is required. This will include, weeding, dead heading, removal of any poor quality plants and replacement, checking over for pests and diseases, feeding and fertilising and irrigation as and when required during the dry spells.
Placing shady characters
Gus Flower - Waikato Times
Most gardens have patches of shade and they often make a welcome sanctuary from the heat of the sun after mowing the lawns or doing maintenance duties. Many people don't recognise the full potential of such shady areas particularly when it comes to using suitable plants for these places.
How to tell which tea tree is which
Waikato Times
How do you tell the difference between manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) and kanuka (Kunzea ericoides)?
Sister act brings Gardener of Year award
The Dominion Post
She's been voted New Zealand's top gardener, but Sister Loyola Galvin, 86, admits to a little help - she prays for divine intervention to ensure her plants are the best they can be.
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