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August Winter Gardening Advice

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An August Winter check list for your garden!

Trees

Complete any pruning that has not yet been done on a nice dry day. Spraying is critical at this time of year. Liquid copper helps prevent leaf curl, black spot and shot hole on your fruit trees. Spray pre bud burst and then 10 days later, or following rain. Codlin moth can also become a problem in September/ October – pheromone traps can be used now to indicate the presence of male moths. If detected spray with Yates Success Ultra which is derived from natural soil bacteria, or use Pyrethrum.

Vegetables

Get the garden ready, dig over, compost and add sheep pallets. Plant peas, broadbeans, carrots, spinach, silverbeet, and brassicas outside now. Inside in trays start sowing tomatoes, chilies and capsicum as it is still too cold outside for germination. Start sprouting new season seed potatoes ready for planting in September. 

Hedges

Regular light pruning is more beneficial than heavy cutting. This causes less stress on the plants and helps to develop denser foliage.

Strawberries

Plant in fertile, free draining soil with full sun. Plant 30cm apart and mulch with pea straw or jute matting. This helps to keep the berries clean and suppresses weeds. Feed with Tui Strawberry Food.

August Winter Fruit

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your apple trees
Apple

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your apricot trees
Apricot

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your avocado trees
Avocado

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your crabapple trees
Crabapple

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your feijoa trees
Feijoa

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your fig trees
Fig

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your nashi trees
Nashi

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your nectarine trees
Nectarine

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your peach trees
Peach

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your pear trees
Pears

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your plum trees
Plum

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your strawberry plants
Strawberry

August Spring Citrus

Grapefruit
Grapefruit

Lemons
Lemons

Limes
Limes

Mandarins
Mandarins

Oranges
Oranges

August Winter Shrubs

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your blackberry plants
Blackberries

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your blueberry plants
Blueberries

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your boysenberry plants
Boysenberry

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your lavender plants
Lavender

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rasberry plants
Raspberries

August Winter Vegetables

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your aspargus plants
Asparagus

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your beetroot plants
Beetroot

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your bok choy plants
Bok Choy

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your brocolli plants
Brocolli

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your cabbage plants
Cabbage

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your cauliflower plants
Cauliflower

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your carrots plants
Carrots

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your celery plants
Celery

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your eggplant plants
Eggplant

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your kale plants
Kale

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your leek plants
Leeks

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your lettuce plants
Lettuce

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your mesclun plants
Mesclun

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your onion plants
Onions

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your parsnip plants
Parsnips

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your pea plants
Peas

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your radish plants
Radish

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rhubarb plants
Rhubarb

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rocket plants
Rocket

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your silverbeet plants
Silverbeet

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your spinach plants
Spinach

August Winter Herbs

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your garlic chive plants
Garlic Chives

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your marjoram plants
Marjoram

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your parsley plants
Parsley

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your sorrel plants
Sorrel

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your thyme plants
Thyme

August Winter Flowers

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your winter flowers
  • Azaleas
  • Bellis
  • Calendula
  • Clematis
  • Cyclamen
  • Forget me not
  • Gladiolus
  • Hebes
  • Hellebores
  • Lavatera
  • Nemesia
  • Pansy and Viola
  • Rhododendrons
  • Rose

7 Peake Road, Cambridge, 3283
P. 07 827 6259
E. gardening@ambergardencentre.co.nz

Open: Monday to Sunday  - 9.00am to 5.00pm

 

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