Success with Germinating Native Seeds

 PLANT DOCTOR      Germinating Native Seed Australian plants have evolved over thousands of years to respond to a variety of climatic extrem...

Pruning Native Plants with Success

PLANT DOCTOR Pruning Native Plants For some reason, many gardeners have been reluctant to prune their native plants, thinking that if they d...

Stone Fruit and Brown Rot Solutions

 PLANT DOCTOR Brown Rot of Stone fruit There’s plenty of cultivars of stone fruit trees that can fit into any size garden. Trixie and Pixie ...

Slime Mould in the Garden: Friend or Foe?

 PLANT DOCTOR Slime Mould: What Is It?  Part 1 What do the words slime mould conjure up in your imagination? Is it that black stuff growing...

Fungus Gnats Begone

PLANT DOCTOR FUNGUS GNATS These tiny flying things can swarm around your indoor plants but other than annoyance, are they killing your plant...

Plant Nutrition Unpacked: Plant Nutrients and Deficiencies

 PLANT NUTRITION UNPACKED Major Nutrients Have you ever asked yourself "how do plants take up nutrients when you spread fertiliser arou...

Pruning Figs: It's Not Too Late

 PLANT DOCTOR Pruning Figs:  Ficus carica is the edible fig that hails from the Mediterranean. Fig trees aren’t quite as ubiquitous as citru...

Dahlias and Snails

 PLANT DOCTOR What's Wrong With My Dahlias? Dahlias are collectible in that once you start growing them, it's hard to not to want mo...

Ants on Plants and Top Ten Unusual Veggies to Grow

 PLANT DOCTOR Ants on Plants Ants in the house are a problem because they turn up in your pantry, in your cat and dog food that you’ve put o...