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PLANTS • This month’s pick of the bunch for garden lovers nationwide
Gardening Australia
BOOKS
Shrubs that say SPRING • They’re part of the backbone of the garden, and this is their season to shine. JUDY HORTON shares a dozen favourite flowering shrubs that reliably deliver the vibrant colours and scents of spring
MORE TO LOVE
all dressed in white • This handsome climber with beautifully scented flowers makes a great screen or feature vine, and is loved in bridal bouquets, writes DERYN THORPE
happy days • Most daylily flowers last for just one day, but the plant flowers for months, bringing easy colour to gardens from spring to autumn, writes JENNIFER STACKHOUSE
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the GREEN HOUSE • Where does the garden end and the interior begin? It’s hard to tell in this glorious indoor-outdoor garden in Sydney’s suburbs
EWA’S BATHROOM PLANT SECRETS
FRESH CUTS • It’s time to tidy up winter-flowering plants, and prepare those beauties gearing up to flower in late spring and summer. Sharpen your tools for some satisfying spring pruning
FERTILISE to FLOURISH
how to PRUNE CANE-GROWING SHRUBS
CHEAP fills • It’s fun, economical and deeply satisfying to grow a garden from cuttings, divisions or seed. Here, we take you through the basics…
Support TEAM • Sometimes, plants need a bit of help and guidance to keep them in place. JUDY HORTON looks at what you can use, and how to do it
WHAT’S THE difference? • Ever wondered if there’s a difference between two gardening terms, tools or plants? Here are three you asked about…
a year of ABUNDANCE • With a little planning, you can have a rolling harvest of apples, avocados, oranges and lemons to pick every day of the year, says JACKIE FRENCH
meet the grower STACIE PALFRAMAN • This free-wheeling gardener enjoys the best of all worlds with her flourishing fruit, vegies and flowers, writes SALLY FELDMAN
A DAY WELL SPENT IN THE GARDEN
STACIE’S TIPS FOR GROWING VEGIES
PLANT IT NOW • Growing food is fun and satisfying, and these easy edibles are great to try, says PHIL DUDMAN
HELP please • You ask, we answer. PHIL DUDMAN brings you solutions to your problems in the patch
a balanced DIET • Feed your edible plants well, and they’ll feed you well. TAMMY HUYNH explains how to choose and use fertilisers for potted fruits and vegies
what l've learnt about... CARROTS • It’s deeply satisfying growing your own carrots, and one of the tricks is timing, writes MILLIE ROSS
THE NUTS & BOLTS
full of beans • This low-effort, high-yield crop is raring to go, so let’s get planting!
SEPTEMBER a month in the GARDEN • More than 50 jobs to do in your action planner
MAILBOX
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
write and win!
IT’S IN THE BAG!
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
walk this way
what a feast!
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the big picture • The temptation to experiment in the garden, even if it means sacrificing what’s working best, is almost too great for MICHAEL McCOY