Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Summer veggies, citrus and subtropical fruit, tropical and foliage trees and shrubs, annuals and perennials.
Tend To
Watering, weeding, mulching, feeding, mowing lawns, and harvesting.
Essentials
Water Control Flex Timer, Kings Slow Release Citrus Food, Aquaticus Organic Garden Booster, Kings Fast Food and more.
Plant Now
Summer veggies, citrus and subtropical fruit, tropical and foliage trees and shrubs, annuals and perennials.
Veggies
- The window to plant large summer veggies in the garden is quickly closing, so don’t miss out on homegrown produce including tomatoes, courgettes, basil and beans.
- Large-grade chillies and peppers will be available this month – stores will be filled with unusual, tasty and sometimes dangerously hot varieties!
- Grow the makings of delicious summer salads by planting rocket, beetroot, silverbeet, sorrel and nasturtiums.
- Stagger your planting of lettuce, coriander, rocket, spinach and parsley to spread out your harvest.
Fruit Trees
- Don’t miss out on planting citrus and subtropical fruit.
- Make sure that you keep plants well-watered during these warm months using collected rainwater or reusing greywater.
- Plant delicious subtropical fruit now, including feijoas, cherimoyas, pawpaws, and natal plums!
- Once blueberry bushes are established, they produce masses of delicious fruit. For best results, plant two different varieties in slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter such as peat and compost.
Trees and Shrubs
- Enjoy a tropical getaway in your own backyard. You can still buy and plant tropical and subtropical plants, including canna lilies, mandevilla, bromeliads, hibiscus, vireya, palms and gardenia.
- Add a dash of colour with stunning foliage that lasts all year round. We’ve got a range of hardy, drought-resistant grasses like lomandra tanika, tropical cordylines or shrubs such as nandina or loropetalum.
Flowers and Perennials
- Fill gaps in the garden or outdoor pots with stunning summer flowers such as petunias, gazanias, marigolds, and tropical impatiens.
- Struggling to keep on top of watering? Plant drought-resistant perennials such as portulaca pizzaz, ice plants, osteospermums and kangaroo paws to ensure you have a garden full of colourful, hardy flowers.
Tend To
Watering, weeding, mulching, feeding, mowing lawns, and harvesting.
Veggies
- Make sure you keep on top of watering and weeds in the veggie garden and ensure plants are fed. Tomatoes will still need feeding with Kings Tomato Food, and other leafy greens will love Kings Fast Food.
- Protect your crops with Bug Netting for a spray-free option.
Fruit Trees
- Mulch and deeply water fruit trees (especially those planted in the last year) to ensure they stay happy and healthy.
- Feed when needed with Kings Slow Release Citrus Food or, for an organic option that improves soil health, use Aquaticus Garden Booster.
- Make sure to water your blueberry plants deeply, as they will drop fruit if they aren’t getting enough moisture.
Flowers and Perennials
- Weed flower gardens and feed plants with Kings Fast Food, watering often.
- Remove spent flowers regularly to keep plants looking great and encourage prolonged flowering.
- Feed florals with Kings Fast Food or Aquaticus Organic Garden Booster for an organic option.
Lawns
- Maintain your lawn by mowing once every ten days to two weeks. However, don’t mow them too low, as this can expose gaps and encourage weed seed to grow.
Harvest
- There will be a lot to harvest from January onwards. Loganberry, blueberry, boysenberry, strawberry and raspberry are all on the menu.
- Don’t forget to harvest your tomatoes, lettuce, okra, eggplant, cucumber, watermelon and avocado (Reed/Hass).
Trees and Shrubs
- Keep your hedges well-hydrated throughout the summer season. Pittosporums and griselinias are hardy but can succumb to dieback when thirsty and planted in clay soil.
- Bubbled and curled new leaves on your eugenias? This could be eugenia psyllids. Cut back most of the affected new growth and spray with GroVentive Garden and Bioneem.
Indoor Plants
- Keep a close eye on the watering needs of your indoor plants. Drooping leaves can be a signal that they need watering.
- Prune back any long trailing plants to encourage bushier new growth.