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Want to know how to grow your favourite plants? Check out our growing guides below! You'll find the tips and tricks you need to grow everything from herbs and veggies to fruit and flowers.

How to grow sunflowers

Sunflowers

If you want to grow something spectacular, plant...

growing sweetcorn

Sweet Corn

Sweet Corn, or maize, won't really grow as high as...

how to grow sweet peas

Sweet peas

The sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is an incredibly...

Growing Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato

Sweet potatoes rambling vines grow tubers beneath...

Syngonium

Syngonium

Syngonium or Arrowhead Vine (Syngonium podophyllum...

Taro

Taro

Taro is a staple crop in many pacific countries...

Thymes

Thyme

Thyme is a classic and flavourful, long lived herb...

Beautiful red ripe tomatoes on a green vine.

Tomatoes

How to grow tomatoes

Tractor Seat Plant

Tractor Seat Plant

Tractor Seat (Ligularia dentata reniformis) gets...

Tradescantia

Tradescantia

Spiderwort (Tradescantia zebrina) is an easy-to...

Fresh black summer truffle mushroom sliced in pieces on a plate.

Truffles

Tulips

Tulips

Tulips are spring flowering bulbs that love...

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How to grow potatoes

Potatoes

how to grow peas

Peas

How to grow Garlic | Love the Garden

Garlic

Growing orchids

Orchids

How to grow Allium

Allium

How To Grow & Care For Buffalo Lawn

Buffalo Grass

How To Grow & Care For Kikuyu Lawn

Kikuyu Grass

African Violet

African Violet

Bromeliad

Bromeliads

How to grow & care for cauliflower

Cauliflower

How to grow & care for broccoli

Broccoli

Snake Plant

Snake Plants

How to grow spinach

Spinach

How to grow kale

Kale

How to grow & care for apple trees

Apple

How to grow & care for cabbage

Cabbage

How to grow & care for silverbeet

Silverbeet

How to grow & care for lavender

Lavender

Ginger

Ginger

A pile of avocados with one on top cut in half.

Avocado

Bunch of Beetroot

Beetroot

Celery

Celery

Watercress plant

Watercress

Lemongrass small

Lemongrass

Parsley small

Parsley

Rosemary

Rosemary

Chives

Chives

Growing Dragon fruit

Dragon Fruit

grow radishes

Radish

Growing Leeks

Leeks

bougainvillea

Bougainvillea

Magnolia

Magnolia

Azalea small

Azalea

Fennel

Fennel

Jasmine

Jasmine

Lilies

Lilies

Oregano

Oregano

Gardenia

Gardenia

Poppies

Poppies

Lettuce

Lettuce

How to grow small Okra

Okra

How to grow hydrangeas

Hydrangea

Birds of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

poinsettia

Poinsettia

dieffenbachia

Dieffenbachia

Boston Fern

Boston Fern

Begonias

Begonias

Kentia Palm

Kentia Palm

Lilly Pilly

Lilly Pilly

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

Snow peas

Snow Peas

Turnips

Turnip

Everlasting Daisies

Everlasting Daisies

bottlebrush

Bottlebrush

Waratah

Waratah

Pear

Pear Trees

Weeping fig

Weeping Fig

Lilac

Lilac

Gooseberry

Gooseberries

Christmas Bush

Christmas Bush

English Ivy

English Ivy

Mustard Greens

Mustard greens

Iris

Iris

Tulips

Tulips

Microgreens

Microgreens

An indoor Pilea, also known as a Chinese money plant, in a pot.

Pilea peperomioides/Chinese money plant

Purple foxglove flowers in a green garden.

Foxgloves

A close-up shot of ripe and unripe cherry tomatoes hanging from the vine in a greenhouse.

Cherry Tomato

Ripe feijoa fruits on a tree.

Feijoa

White and yellow Lonicera Japonica Caprifolium Perfoliate honeysuckle flowers.

Honeysuckle

Patchwork of purple and blue hyacinths in garden.

Hyacinths

Red Japanese maple tree and maple leaves in autumn.

Japanese Maple Tree

Fresh shiitake mushrooms.

Mushrooms

Fresh black summer truffle mushroom sliced in pieces on a plate.

Truffles

What to harvest?

How to grow blueberries

Blueberries

How to grow onions

Onions

how to grow basil

Basil

How to grow & care for broccoli

Broccoli

How to grow spinach

Spinach

How to grow kale

Kale

How to grow & care for apple trees

Apple

How to grow & care for silverbeet

Silverbeet

Ginger

Ginger

A pile of avocados with one on top cut in half.

Avocado

Bunch of Beetroot

Beetroot

Celery

Celery

Watercress plant

Watercress

Eggplant bunch

Eggplant

Parsley small

Parsley

Rosemary

Rosemary

Harvesting Blackberries

Blackberries

Growing lots of capsicum

Capsicum

Chives

Chives

Growing Dragon fruit

Dragon Fruit

Growing grapes

Grapes

How to grow dahlia

Dahlia

grow radishes

Radish

Globe Artichoke small

Globe artichokes

Dill

Dill

Gerbera

Gerbera

Horseradish

Horseradish

Marigold

Marigold

Mint

Mint

Oregano

Oregano

Patty Pan Squash

Patty Pan Squash

Passionfruit

Passionfruit

Gardenia

Gardenia

Persimmon

Persimmon

Proteas

Proteas

Sage

Sage

Shallots

Shallots

Thymes

Thyme

Snapdragons

Snapdragons

How to grow hydrangeas

Hydrangea

Paw Paw

Paw Paw

Carrots

Carrot

Yam

Yam

bottlebrush

Bottlebrush

Pear

Pear Trees

Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit

Lemon Tree

Lemon Trees

Mustard Greens

Mustard greens

Nasturtium

Nasturtium

pomegranate

Pomegranate

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