How to grow hydrangeas in your cut flower garden
A guide for growing and picking hydrangeas – The Floral Dream by Olivia McCord
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How to grow pansies & violas in the garden or containers
A practical and poetic guide to transplanting pansies and violas, with tips on soil prep, container growing and supporting pollinators. Excerpt from Pansies by Brenna Estrada.
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How to grow & keep your sweet peas flowering all summer long
A guide to growing and retaining your sweet pea flowers all summer long
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How to grow & care for Rudbeckia (Coneflowers)
Jac Semmlers’ guide to growing and caring for Rudbeckia. Includes planting partners for Rudbeckia Hirta, Rudbeckia laciniata & Rudbeckia maxima.
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Salvias | The ultimate guide to growing salvia plants
Everything you need to know about salvias — how to grow and care for them, how to propagate, different salvia types, and their varied blooming times.
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How to | Plant & grow garlic
How to prep your soil and plant garlic. Including maintenance, fertilisation, troubleshooting & harvesting.
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Plant profile | Rengarenga (Arthropodium cirratum)
Peter Langlands’ guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Rengarenga.
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Growing Potatoes: How to Plant, Grow & Harvest Potatoes
We’ve put together a potato growing guide with essential steps and know-how to successfully plant, grow and harvest your very own potatoes in your home garden. Let's dig in!
How to Grow & Care for Peonies
PAEONIA (Peony / Peony rose) — A spring flowering staple. The timeless allure of peonies makes them a brilliant choice for your garden. If you follow the right advice, growing peonies should be an easy and rewarding undertaking.
How to Grow & Care for Hellebores (Winter Roses)
HELLEBORE (Lenten or Winter Rose) — A winter-hardy shade perennial that is easy to grow and blooms prolifically late winter to early spring. A must-have in all winter gardens.
How to grow — Verbena Bonariensis
VERBENA BONARIENSIS — A tall airy perennial with long cylindrical stems, sparse leaves and tightly clustered violet flowers. Written by Julia Atkinson-Dunn, Petal Power
How to grow figs | A guide to planting, caring & harvesting figs
Your guide to planting, caring and harvesting figs.
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How to Grow: Strawberries
Strawberries are super easy to grow and harvest, taking up little space in your garden. They are a ground cover plant and spread rapidly with their runners.
How to Grow: Cane fruit (Raspberries, boysenberries & blackberries)
Raspberries, boysenberries and blackberries are all members of the Rubus family, also referred to as ‘cane fruit’.
How to grow & care for coriander
Arguably the most polarising of herbs. While some are mad about this lemony addition to dishes, others are utterly perturbed by its presence. Whatever your preference, there are a few tricks to growing it successfully through the seasons.
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Plant profile | Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)
John Dawson’s guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Pōhutukawa.
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Plant profile | Tītoki (Alectryon excelsus)
John Dawson’s guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Tītoki.
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Plant profile | Kawakawa (Piper excelsum subspecies. excelsum)
John Dawson’s guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Kawakawa.
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How to Grow: TANGELO
This messy-to-eat citrus fruit is known for its juicy flesh, and balance of sweet and tart flavours - the culmination of its mandarin and grapefruit relatives. They have few pips and most varieties are easy to peel.
