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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 May

Top Plant & Garden Trends from Melb Flower Show

6 Melbourne Flower Show 2023 Plant & Garden Trends To Try At Home

Take inspiration from the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, where the biggest names in garden design compete...

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Essential Guide to Growing Citrus

The Essential Guide to Citrus (Downloadable)

Growing your own juicy citrus doesn't have to be a dream! From trustworthy Eureka Lemons to Aussie Native Finger Limes...

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cut flower garden

10 Cut Flower Garden Ideas

Flowers picked fresh from the garden bring vibrancy and life into the home! A cut flower garden not only looks beautiful...

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Scotts Professional Premium Potting Mix

Scotts Osmocote® Premium Plus Superior Potting Mix

Growing potted plants at home is something we can all do easily as long as we use the secrets to success that the...

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Professional Rose, Gardenia, Azalea & Camellia Mix

Scotts Osmocote® Rose, Gardenia, Azalea & Camellia Mix

If you want the very best results growing Gardenias, Azaleas, Camellias and Roses, you have to know one trick. You have...

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Greenhouse

Scotts Osmocote® Seed & Cutting Mix

The professional secret is out of the bag thanks to Scotts investment in research and development, professional plant...

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Caring for potted veggies and herbs

Home grown herbs and vegetables are a tasty addition to the family diet and growing them in pots is a great way to have...

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Potting Mix 101

Potting Mix 101

If you’re looking at growing your own herbs and vegetables in pots or containers, then you need to invest in the best...

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Pot plants

Choosing the right pot for your crop

Home-grown vegetables and herbs are essential for the food lover and amateur cook and, luckily, they are easy to grow in...

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carrots

Healthy soil = healthy plants

Growing your own delicious, healthy fruits and vegetables starts from the ground up. Improve your soil and you‘ll be...

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Indoor Plant potting mix

A Guide to Picking the Right Potting Mix for your Indoor Plants

When you walk down the potting mix aisle of your local hardware store or garden centre, it will quickly become obvious...

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Using potting mix

What Is Potting Mix?

Potting mix is the essential growing medium for plants in pots. It provides everything they need grow, flower and fruit...

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how to repot your plant

Repotting keeps plants healthy

Why is repotting so necessary? Plants growing in pots from very small (50mm diameter) to very large (half wine barrels...

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Potting a Plant

How to Repot Plants in 6 Simple Steps

Whether you're starting a plant collection from scratch, or wanting to move a beloved plant into a new pot, knowing how...

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Choosing the right pot

Pots and planters come in all shapes and sizes. They may be: Purely functional Functional as well as decorative Plastic...

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