Agapanthus
Vibrant, colourful flowers with shiny green leaves, Agapanthus can really brighten up your garden.
Sweet Violets (Viola odorata) are an old perennial favourite for a cottage garden. Tolerant of cold winters and warm summers, their colourful and highly scented blooms are a great addition to the cottage style garden. They form a green carpet and push up lovely purple flowers over early spring.
How to grow sweet violet in a garden
- Choose a well drained spot in the garden that has full to partial sun.
- Enrich the soil with some compost and Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser before planting.
- Plant directly where the violets are to grow. They will spread over time, creating a lovely display.
- Water gently and keep only slightly moist and mulch to keep damp.
- During the active growing period, feed every 2 weeks with Yates Thrive Roses & Flowers Liquid Plant Food.
- Pinch out spent flowers to encourage more blooms.
How to grow sweet violet in a pot
- Choose a pot that has adequate drainage holes and place it in a position that gets semi sun and is sheltered from wind. A low bowl that is not too deep is ideal.
- Fill the pot with Yates Potting Mix with Dynamic Lifter.
- Sow the seeds directly in the potting mix.
- Cover lightly with 25 mm of potting mix.
- Water gently and keep only slightly moist through the germination period.
- Once the seedlings are established, feed every 1 to 2 weeks with Yates Thrive Roses & Flowers Liquid Plant Food.
- Remove any spent flowers to prolong the display.
Growing tips
- Improve the soil with Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser prior to planting, and add some organic matter or compost.
- Apply some mulch around the base of the plants to help retain soil moisture.
- Pick blooms regularly to promote further flowering.
- Once flowering has finished feed with Yates Thrive Roses and Flowers Liquid Plant Food to encourage strong growth and good flowers next season.
- Generally pest and disease free!
Ageratum
Ageratum flowers are tough plants that can even handle a bit of shade. They are the truest blue annuals you can find for your garden.
Ajuga
Looking for options for groundcover, try growing ajuga. Ajuga has a wide variety of foliage colors usually in the rich deep burgundy realm.
Allamanda
How to grow yellow Allamanda! A tropical evergreen shrub features large golden-yellow flowers. Please note in QLD it's an invasive plant.
Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser
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Yates Thrive Natural Roses & Flowers Concentrate
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