Story Title: Flowering Plants
Episode: Summer Garden Special
Date: January 15th 2010
Presenter: Sue McDougall

Summer and potted plants usually don’t go together. And at this time of the year, watering pots continually is a chore for many gardeners. Sue features some easy and innovative suggestions so you can have fun in the garden this summer.

Potting plants

• Steer clear of small pots, they dry out very quickly because of the limited amount of soil around the root system.
• When you’re choosing pots for a potted display is to make sure they’re big enough to hold a decent amount of soil.
• Yes, it will cost you a little more for potting mix now, but it’s definitely worth it in the long run. The extra soil around the roots is a bonus at this time of the year.
• The other main reason that potted plants suffer is because the variety of plants used is not suitable to the extreme conditions.
• A potted plant that is on paving in full sun on a 40 degree day will be experiencing temperatures way beyond 40 degrees.
• If you love local flora and only have limited room or have a really hot spot in the garden that you want to add some summer colour to. A multi planted pot of many different Australian varieties will look stunning for months.

Featured Plants

Verticordias

• Also known as the feather flower.
• These brightly coloured flowers dry this colour, so will keep flowering for a very long time.

Kangaroo Paws

• Their dark glossy green foliage contrasts beautifully with the fine foliage of the other plants and the flowers are bird attracting.
• If after a while the foliage starts to look a little tired, you can trim these plants back to ground level and they shoot away with fresh, lush foliage.

Scaevola

• Has a brilliant show all through summer and autumn.
• It hugs the ground and will trail over the side of the pot.
• This is another variety that can be trimmed back at the end of the flowering season hard and will grow back better than ever.

Australian plants supplied by Domus Nursery.

Featured Products

Tuscan Edge Round Pots

• Sleek, uncluttered lines that add to, rather than compete with, the beauty of the plants they contain.
• Self-watering feature means no messy saucers to collect grubby water and breed unwanted pests.
• Easily-accessed watering entry hole is covered with a discreet closure that clicks back into place once watering’s finished.

For beautiful flowering plants and gardens visit Caversham House.

Contact

Yates Australia
Street Address: 1 Gow Street, Padstow, NSW 2211 Australia
Postal Address: Locked Bag 6504, Milperra DC NSW 1891
Australia - 1300 369 074
www.yates.com.au

Domus Nursery

PO Box 216 Kalamunda 6926
50 Bahen Rd Hacketts Gully 6076
P: (08) 9293 1768 
F: (08) 9293 3786
M: 041 892 8871
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