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Tips on how to get your garden ready for the hot El Niño summer ahead
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With these ideas in mind, you can approach the warmer season with confidence and inspiration, ready to make the most of your gardening efforts. Source: Getty Images.
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Boost your gardening success with these inspired hints, tips and tricks

Boost your gardening success with these inspired hints, tips and tricks

In the world of gardening, there are countless helpful hints, tips, and quick tricks to discover. Dive into this collection for some inspiration.
The arrival of spring brings a myriad of limitless possibilities to your garden. Source: Getty
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A gardener’s guide to springtime prep

A gardener’s guide to springtime prep

What’s not to love about spring gardening? Enjoy the flowers while you get on top of a few essential seasonal tasks.
Looking for ways to add tons of impact to gardens through different colours, sizes, shapes and texture? Image source: Getty
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Add year-round interest to your garden with a selection of fabulous foliage plants

Add year-round interest to your garden with a selection of fabulous foliage plants

If you’re gazing out at a sea of rather bland samey green this winter, then maybe it’s time you splashed the scene with a little fabulous foliage.
Rose pruning is all about rejuvenating the plant and – essentially – keeping it young. Source: Getty
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The when, where and how of planting and pruning perfect roses

The when, where and how of planting and pruning perfect roses

The when is now, and you know the why! Roger Fox explains the rest, so you can enjoy a blooming lovely rose garden this spring.
The gorgeous New England aster, also known as Easter Daisies. Source: Getty
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Adding a splash of colour: Blooms for your autumn garden

Adding a splash of colour: Blooms for your autumn garden

There’s a surprising array of shrubs and perennials that start to do their flowering when the days shorten and temperatures cool down, Roger Fox explains.
Mandarin trees are often alternate bearers, which can mean you’ll get a lot of fruit one year and only a few the next. Source: Getty
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Tutti fruity: Guide to selecting and growing citrus

Tutti fruity: Guide to selecting and growing citrus

Citrus varieties flourish in most parts of Australia and autumn is a great time to get a tree in the ground and settled before winter arrives, Roger Fox explains.
Rather than using a hose-on product on lawns at this time of year, apply a slow-release granular fertiliser, which will gradually release its nutrients over the next few months. Source: Getty
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Are you giving your garden the right food?

Are you giving your garden the right food?

Feed your plants better with the right nutrients and they'll withstand the cold better and bounce back into action much faster when spring rolls around, Roger Fox explains.
The trick is to choose the right rose for the look you have in mind. Credit: Getty.
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Here’s how to pick the best rose variety for you and your garden

Here’s how to pick the best rose variety for you and your garden

Did you know groundcover roses are bred to be ultra low-maintenance and disease-resistant? Roger Fox explains each rose type's requirements, to help you decide.
Some Grevillea cultivars, like the ever-popular ‘Robyn Gordon’ (pictured), bloom pretty much continuously in mild climates. Source: Getty
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5 fabulous natives to plant for winter colour and birdlife

5 fabulous natives to plant for winter colour and birdlife

As well as colouring up the scene, native shrubs and climbers attract birds to the garden, feeding them when times are lean, Roger Fox explains.

About Roger Fox

Roger Fox has spent more than three decades communicating the joys – and challenges – of growing plants and creating gardens in Australia. A passionate gardener since he was a child, his tertiary studies in agriculture and horticulture led to a career in the horticultural media, where he has written widely, as well as editing several publications. From 2000 to 2019, Roger was the garden editor for Better Homes and Gardens magazine, where he covered everything from low-maintenance natives to bare-root roses. These days, Roger works as a freelance garden writer and occasional podcaster, and spends the rest of his time messing about with plants.