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Preparing for planting and caring for plants is a vital component of healthy plant maintenance. Whether you're creating a new garden or maintaining an existing one, we’ve got you covered with our tips & advice.

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Colourful Indoor Plants For Your Home

Brighten Up Your Home With These Colourful Indoor Plants

Introducing colour to your home using plants is an easy and quick way to change the atmosphere of a room. Vibrancy can come from foliage as well as flowers, and of course, you can add to the effect...

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5 Best Australian Native Plants To Grow

Top 5 Australian Native Plants

Did you know that Australia has around 10% of the world's biodiversity? Not only are Australian Native plants low...

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15 Shade Loving Plants That’ll Brighten Up Your Garden

15 Shade Loving Plants That’ll Brighten Up Your Garden

All gardens have their tricky spots, whether too dry, too hot, too shady, or too damp. Shady areas can be due to...

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Growing Beautiful Roses at Home

The Experts Guide to Growing Beautiful Roses at Home

Ever walked past a public garden and noticed how beautiful their rose arrangements looked? Or have you ever glanced over...

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What to do in your garden in June

Winter vegetable patch

A Planting Guide for Winter Vegetables

Winter vegetables - Australia "Winter" means different things to different people - it all depends on where you live...

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Veggie Stir Fry

Homegrown Winter Vegetable Stir Fry

Winter is one of the best times to make a vegetable stir fry with a variety of vegetables available straight from your...

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Perfect lawn

How to Care for your Lawn in Winter, Summer, Autumn & Spring

Your lawn, just like many of your garden plants, behaves and grows differently across each of the four seasons...

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Why To Put Your Indoor Plants In The Rain

Should I Put Indoor Plants in the Rain?

Have you noticed that after rainfall plants seem greener, cleaner and lusher? That's because rainwater has benefits for...

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Christmas centrepiece

Create your own living plant Christmas Centrepiece

Bring the festive season to life this year with your very own living Christmas centrepiece! As sustainable living...

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Indoor House Plant

Common indoor plant pests and diseases

Despite their protected location, your indoor plants may sometimes come under attack from a range of pests and diseases...

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Fertilising indoor plants

Importance of fertilising indoor plants

Most premium and specialty potting mixes that carry the Australian Standard Red Tick, especially those formulated for...

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Aloe Plant

Discover the Benefits of Indoor Plants

There is no doubt that plants are good for us. They make our homes and gardens look attractive and colourful, they give...

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Fragrant indoor plants

Indoor plants that will bring fragrance into your home

Many of the most common indoor plants we choose for our homes are foliage plants – they’re grown for the beauty of their...

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Indoor plants

Health benefits of indoor plants

After being in the wilderness for the past few decades, indoor plants are back in vogue as indoor décor and more of us...

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African violets

Scotts Osmocote Professional African Violet & Cylamen Mix

African Violets are one of the most amazing flowering plants, flourishing in darker shaded positions indoors. The...

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Bonsai

Scotts Osmocote® Bonsai Mix

Bonsai is perhaps one of the most stunning gardening practices a person can undertake. Growing Bonsai is something that...

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Cactus

Scotts Osmocote® Cacti & Succulent Mix

Cacti and Succulents are extremely popular although one of the complaints that people have is that they often rot and...

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Scotts Osmocote Professional Multi Purpose Potting Mix

Scotts Osmocote® - Premium Potting Mix

The professional secret is out thanks to Scotts Osmocote® - Premium Potting Mix. What makes it so good is the quality of...

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Scotts Osmocote® Native Potting Mix

Scotts Osmocote® Native Potting Mix

Growing native plants is something we can all do, but the primary essential pointer is using the correct soil. Due to...

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Orchid

Scotts Osmocote® Orchid Mix

Thanks to Scotts, the secret to growing the perfect orchid is now out of the bag! Contrary to belief, growing orchids at...

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