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Gardening

June in the garden

GARDENING TIPS
Down time may seem like a good idea, but
creating an abundant winter garden can
be so rewarding. Planting an indigenous
garden, attracting birds and other wildlife,
and neatening up your garden should be at
the top of your list this month.

Plant and sow
• Add colour to your garden with winter-
flowering plants such as pansies, stocks,
dianthus, petunias and daffodils.

• Plant lobelias, primulas and foxgloves in benches, bridges and trellises.
shady areas of your garden. • Check staking of plants and ensure that
• Now is the time to harvest winter veggies their ties are not too tight.
such as leeks, carrots, Brussels sprout, • Mulch garden beds with compost or
parsnips, cabbage and peas. mulch for the winter period to protect the
• Plant cabbage, cauliflower, leeks, onions, roots from frost.
celery and globe artichokes in your • It is a good time to order bare-rooted fruit
vegetable garden. trees, vines and roses for planting in July.
• Plant fruit trees such as flowering peaches, • Put out bait amongst your fruit trees for
plums and crab apples. They will settle their fruit fly.
roots in the ground ahead of the spring • Stop feeding roses to prevent lush young
growing season. growth from appearing, as they should
• Add fynbos to your indigenous garden. harden off for winter.
Popular varieties include Leucospermum • Water the lawn once a month and stop
(pincushion), ericas and Leucadendron. fertilisation until spring.
• Plant camellia varieties, Cymbidium orchids • Water azaleas, camellias and shrubs once
a week.
GARDENER OF and gardenia in semi-shaded areas. • Remove the soil from your old flowerpots,
THE MONTH Prune and trim replace it with new potting mix and
• Prune vines as well as plum, peach, apple, replant with new plants. This is necessary
Thokozani Tshuma is the gardener/ pear and apricot trees at the end of June. as the nutrients in the soil get leached
operator of the month. • Remove old flower stalks and stringy stems out and the plants get root-bound in the
He is not only an excellent brush from focal plants such as flax (phormium), pots.
cutter operator but is always willing cordylines, penstemons and aloes. • Pinch off faded flowers from Iceland
to help with anything in the gardens poppies, calendulas, violas and pansies to
in Fourways Gardens Estate. Neaten up encourage further flowers.
He is always smiling and happy, and • Clean and repair garden tools, especially • Foliar feed all existing annuals and bulbs
has an amazingly positive attitude. pruning tools such as secateurs, hedging fortnightly or use organic compost before
Thokozani worked over the Easter shears, clippers, saws and mowing blades. the cold weather sets in.
weekend and public holidays to • Neaten up pathways and paving. • Cover sensitive plants in colder regions
keep the parks neat and clean. • Refurbish old pots and water features. with lightweight frost cover, hessian, straw
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