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Feb

How to Grow Citrus

February 15, 2024Mt Evelyn Garden CentreHow to

Without doubt, citrus trees are the most popular fruit grown in home gardens. In gardens everywhere, citrus trees are delighting gardeners with fresh, tasty and vitamin-packed fruity goodness. With today’s smaller gardens, citrus trees are great in pots and there are dwarf and multi-grafted varieties available to suit most situations. At a Glance Warm sunny...

Feb

How to Grow Spring Flowering Bulbs

February 10, 2024Mt Evelyn Garden CentreHow to

Flowering bulbs are a highlight in the garden and home. Spring flowering bulbs begin to flower in late winter and bring with them the colourful promise of the spring ahead. Although all are referred to as ‘bulbs’, there are four different types of bulbs. True Bulbs include tulips and daffodils. Rhizomes are swollen stems such...

Sep

Spice it up!

September 10, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreUncategorized

Chillies are a fun crop to grow. They are very decorative and don’t take up a lot of space, so it’s easy to grow a selection of different varieties in a season. Chillies originated in South America, and have spread throughout the world in the last 500 years or so. They are now an integral...

Jul

What to do in the Garden this August

July 20, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreWhat To Do In The Garden

We are now in the final month of Winter. August is a fabulous month as the signs of spring begin to come to life before us. The landscape begins to glow with the gold of wattles in flower. Spring flowering bulbs are pushing their way through the cool winter soil and the trees that have...

Jun

How to Prune Deciduous Fruiting Trees

June 25, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreHow to

Winter is a great time to prune most deciduous fruit trees, berries, fruiting bushes and vines. Although winter is pruning time, avoid pruning cherries, apricots and kiwi fruit vines until the warmer weather. All three of these popular edibles tend to bleed if pruned through winter, increasing the risk of disease. Apricots and cherries may...

Jun

What To Do in the Garden this July

June 20, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreWhat To Do In The Garden

The shortest day has now passed. As each day gets a little longer, the promise of spring approaches. Deciduous plants are bare and are storing energy for the abundance of the season ahead. July is an important month of pruning in the garden. Pruning will not only shape your plants but see plants come back...

Jun

How to Prune Roses

June 16, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreHow to

July is a great month for planting new roses but is also the time to give your existing roses some attention for a fabulous display of colour and fragrance over the flowering season. July is the best time to prune your roses. In really cold frosty regions, you may need to wait until early August....

May

What To Do in the Garden this June

May 20, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreWhat To Do In The Garden

Winter has arrived and gardens are transformed with the change of season. Deciduous Trees June is the month when deciduous plants shed their leaves and move into a dormant period in preparation for an explosion of growth and colour as the spring arrives. During this dormant time, Mt Evelyn Garden Centre, being in a cooler...

May

How to Grow Fruit Trees

May 13, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreHow to

Once growing fruit trees at home was very common. Nowadays with gardens being smaller, the availability of wonderful new generation fruit trees has seen a resurgence in growing healthy home-grown goodness in the places and spaces we call home. There are dwarf forms/varieties of most fruits which don’t take a lot of space. These can...

May

Our Celebration of Mothers

May 12, 2023Mt Evelyn Garden CentreWhat To Do In The Garden

Mothers bring us into the world. They nurture and care for us when we are young and new. Mother’s ensure that we have the nourishment needed to grow and develop. They are there for us and help us through the seasons of life. This is a lot like gardening. It is so rewarding for a...

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