| | Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | | |
| | | | | Clarence visits an herbalist’s home garden, Costa drops by the home of former Gardening Australia presenter Mary Moody, Jane discovers the art of hedging and Tino visits a garden designed for wildlife. | | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | Jane heads to one of Australia’s most spectacular gardens to learn the fine art of hedging from a man who is an expert in the craft. | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | Tino visits a backyard that has been transformed to provide habitat for all creatures great and small and provides some handy tips on how to do it in your own garden. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | |  | | Gardening Australia Weekly QuizWhat is the most consumed vegetable in Japan? A) Cucumber
B) Rice
C) Daikon
See next week’s newsletter for the answer!
Answer to last week’s quiz question:
Q) How many plant species are there in the world?
A) - a) Approx 400,000 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | If you’ve enjoyed watching the story on creating a wildlife garden, you might want to make somewhere nice to sit and watch all the ‘visitors’ your garden attracts! A while back, Josh did a story on making a gabion or ‘cage’ seat.
These seats not only provide you with a great spot to sit and enjoy your garden, but they also provide great habitat too! They look great in any garden and blend in especially well with Australian native plants. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Basil
- Beetroot
- Capsicum
- Tomatoes
Subtropical Climate Zone - Broad beans
- Endive
- Lettuce
- Onion
Arid Climate Zone - Asparagus
- Capsicum
- Garlic
- Spinach
Temperate Climate Zone - Cabbage (loose and tight-headed types)
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Onion
- Shallots
Cool Climate Zone - Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Kale/Collards
- Spinach
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| | | | COOL - Prune dead sticks and stems from Japanese Maples. Give the bark a scratch with your fingernail, and if it’s brown underneath it needs the chop!
- Tubestock are perennials or trees sold in smaller ‘tubes, and they are good to go now! Easier to plant and quicker to establish than larger equivalents – perfect for big landscape jobs!
- Find a sunny spot, prepare some rich, well-drained soil and sow strawberry runners. Perfect in a pot or the patch, ensure you mulch well with straw to keep fruits off the soil.
TEMPERATE - Have a crack at hydrangea cuttings! Take 15cm pieces of woody stem, strip off lower leaves, pop in a pot and wait. They should have roots by spring.
- While you’ve got the secateurs out, give your roses a good prune. Cut roses back by 1/3 to 1/2, remove damaged or dead wood, snip off suckers and follow this up with a feed.
- In bright pink bloom now is Crowea exalta, a native shrub found along the east coast. Perfect for containers, courtyards, cottage gardens and coastal spots, this beauty is a bee magnet.
SUBTROPICAL - Give your herbs a haircut as we head into winter. Prune Moroccan and common mint to the ground, saving the foliage to be used fresh in teas or dried for later.
- Grab some galangal! Using a shovel, dig at the side of a growing clump and harvest fresh, young, pink rhizomes. A wonderful alternative to ginger in hot drinks and savoury dishes.
- Lawn lovers, give your mower some maintenance. Clean filters, sharpen blades and raise the mower height until spring, which will keep your turf happy and humming over winter.
TROPICAL - Pop in Plectranthus amboinicus, a tough, tasty oregano alternative. This fast-growing perennial is perfect in pots, and the foliage used to flavour pastas, pizzas and more.
- For a smashing show of out-there colour, sow some Celosia seeds. With their furry, freaky flower heads in reds, pinks, yellows and oranges, these annuals will brighten up any patch.
- Bung together a bee hotel to encourage precious native bees, using different diameter materials like terracotta pipe, bamboo stalks, pinecones and timber bundled together.
ARID - Give your wattles a tip prune when they have finished flowering. This will maximise their growth, so they become dense and bushy and reduce seed set.
- Flowering now is the native hibiscus, Alyogyne huegelii. A stunning plant from central Australia, the perfect, purple flowers are a tremendous addition to any style of garden.
- Celtuce or stem lettuce is an unusual Chinese vegie ready to plant in full sun now. Half lettuce, half celery, Celtuce gives you the best of both worlds, and is as easy to grow as it is to eat!
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