November
The last month of spring is like a slippery slide to summer and Christmas chaos. Preparation is key to summer survival, so if you haven’t mulched, tidied and emptied your gutters yet, get to it! It’s also a bright and breezy month with herbs flourishing and summer fruits and berries just starting on the scene.
Prepare
Protect soft fruit from fruit fly by wrapping each truss with an insect proof bag
Sweep up jacaranda flowers from pathways so they don’t become slippery and hazardous
Take semi hardwood cuttings of shrubs like azaleas, viburnums and camellias
Protect new growth on citrus from leaf miner
For summer fruit that is simple and easy to grow, plant a passionfruit vine
Liquid fertiliser your ferns for fantastic fresh fronds
Bushfire proof your garden with a good cleanup
Enjoy
Jacaranda and Illawarra flame trees are flowering now
Fuchsias in hanging baskets
Bougainvilleas in tubs, baskets or as climbers
Oleanders are terrific for hot and exposed areas and flower non stop
Lavender and its wonderful perfume
Hydrangeas as they start to colour
Agapanthus inside in vases or growing on mass outside
Have on Hand
Treat citrus leaf miner with pest or white oil before it takes hold
A broom for sweeping up spent flowers from your paved surfaces
Fruit fly exclusions bags
Pest oil for citrus leaf miner
Plant rooting hormone and seed raising mix
Nitrosol or Seasol for keeping your indoor plants, ferns and palms fabulous
