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Winter is traditionally the driest time of year in the ACT and surrounding regions and this year is no exception! Don’t let the wet summer fool you into not watering. Right now the soil is dry and everything is crying out for your attention, particularly annuals and pot plants with their shallow root systems.
Continue to lightly feed winter crops and flowering annuals but do not feed frost tender plants as any new growth is likely to be burnt by the frost. If you haven’t done so, give a spray of seaweed solution to your whole garden to strengthen the cell walls and help reduce the risk of frost damage.
Winter maintenance tasks such as cleaning and sharpening tools, checking irrigation and spraying fruit trees, roses and berries will help keep you and your garden healthy.
We can do it all for you using our team of qualified horticulturists. If you are interested in obtaining these services or just some advice about your garden, email
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or ring Attila at Easycare on 6257 8122.
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- Rake leaves onto the lawn and mow them. This chops them into smaller pieces so they won’t blow around if you use them as mulch or, if put into the compost, they will break down quickly.
- Add dolomite at about one handful per square metre along with a sprinkling of fertiliser if you didn’t do it in autumn. The dolomite will lower the pH of the soil which has probably become acidic over the years. Make sure you water them in well so the leaves don’t burn. Vary the fertiliser you use from year-to-year; one of the good ones is pelletised chicken manure because it is slow-acting, safe and organic.
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In our climate vegetables tend to grow slowly over winter due to the cold soil.
- Plant asparagus crowns
- silverbeet (chard)
- seedlings of English spinach
- onions, peas or broad beans
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Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea) is a fine, cold-climate shrub. Its leaves turn colours of red, orange, burgundy and yellow in autumn and in late spring/summer it gives a wonderful display of single or double white blooms. It thrives in morning sun with dappled shade in the hot afternoon and needs little attention once established.
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Prunus serrula (Tibetan cherry) thrives in cold climates and has a beautiful, deep red, knobbly, glossy-barked trunk. The older it gets, the smoother, richer and glossier its bark becomes so it makes a real feature in a winter garden. Its leaves turn yellow or red in autumn and its spring flowers are small and white. |
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Maintenance 
