Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON showcases her seasonal favourites from a year in the garden.
Jackie Warburton
Gardening columnist Jackie Warburton is a member of many garden clubs in Canberra and give talks and presentations to regional garden clubs as well. She is studying Landscape Design and is a student member of Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers.
"All dahlias, summer and autumn annuals should be in the ground and the last sowing of tomatoes, capsicums and zucchinis can be done for late-autumn cropping," says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Planting roses at this time of the year will need a lot of TLC to get them established through the summer heat. Probably best to wait for winter, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON highlights a tough Mediterranean plant from the mint family that grows well in our region.
It's the beginning of the summer fruiting trees, such as the stone fruits, nuts and mulberries, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
If there's room on the trellis, cucumbers are a good summer crop to grow with tomatoes, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Tree tomatoes, who knew? Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON'S got one, but they come with their challenges, she says.
Thinning stone fruit such as peaches, nectarines and apricots is best done just after flowers have waned, but if it was not done then, it can be done now, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
We have come to rely on the European honey bee for all our food and garden needs, but there are many native Australian bees that do just as much work, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON looks at striking plant grown for the silvering in its leaves then dives into the vegetable patch. It's time to get planting!
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON writes in praise of a terrific habitat tree that's attractive to parrots and silver eyes, and suitable for large gardens that have beehives.
Apart from pest problems, there's a lot to love about azaleas and rhododendrons, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
