• I would like bulbs of Freesia ‘Burtonii’, or would like to know if anyone sells these. Will pay all costs. Mary Mathieson, email: lantern-light@xtra.co.nz • I am a Napier gardener looking for three abutilons: a green-flowered, a pink one and a white one with a pink centre. I can swap cuttings for orange and [...]
Issue 331 Garden Events
January 24, 2012 By
JANUARY 2012 28 Opotiki Dahlia Show Senior Citizens Hall, King St, Opotiki. 11am-3pm, ph 06 751 1184 or 021 044 7743. 28 Daltons Gardening Workshop 2pm-4pm, Daltons Landscape Supplies Yard, Morrin Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland. www.daltonslandscape.co.nz or ph 09 574 6421. 28 - 29 Waikanae Lions Super Garden Trail Gardens open 10am-5pm each day. Proceeds [...]
Issue #331 Garden Notebook
January 24, 2012 By
It’s time… High summer is usually when growth slows in our gardens due to high temperatures and low rainfall, so the main task is watering plants desperate for a drink. In the north this year, due to over generous rain, instead of battling with hoses, many of us are beetling round with lawnmowers. More rain [...]
Win a Masport 550AL Combo Electric Start mower
January 24, 2012 By
Win a fabulous Masport 550AL Combo Electric Start mower, RRP $999. Purchase your copy of Weekend Gardener issue 331 for details on how to enter.
Gardening together
January 24, 2012 By
Because many of us work alone in our gardens we can lose sight of the broad, communal nature of gardening. Our pursuit brings together people of both sexes, from all walks of life and of different ages. Coming into the editor’s seat, I’m reminded that Weekend Gardener too, is very much part of this wide [...]
Issue #330 Garden Notebook
January 5, 2012 By
It’s time… Hot dry days makes watering our most immediate concern in high summer, especially with young plants and container grown ones. In my book, older established plants should cope with a normal rainfall summer without much fuss. Think about replacing those that don’t in the autumn – unless they’re plants you really love. Growing [...]
Issue #330 Plant Noticeboard
January 5, 2012 By
• Has anyone some ‘Patty’s Plum’ oriental poppy seeds to spare? Alison, email ajwilson27@gmail.com • Can anyne help me find or provide a piece of an old-fashioned, long-stemmed, single white daisy. I will pay postage. Stephanie, 120 Alpha St, Cambridge 3434, email smw@clear.net.nz. or ph 07 827 7537. Send your plant requests and notices to: [...]
Issue 330 Garden Events
January 5, 2012 By
JANUARY 7 – 8 Auckland Lily Society Show Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Rd, Western Springs, Auckland. Sat, 11am-4pm, Sun 10am-3.30pm. Bring your questions and meet the experts. Trading table, bulbs for sale, raffles, good parking, gold coin admission. Ph 09 627 9455. 7 – 15 Festival of Pots and Garden Art Trinity Farm, [...]
Subscribe to Weekend Gardener before February 8, 2012
January 5, 2012 By
online or on our FREEPHONE 0800 999 886 and go into the draw to win a 300gm packet of ROOTBLAST® worth $19.99
Win a Peugot for a year!
January 5, 2012 By
Let a French affair blossom with Weekend Gardener. Purchase issue 331 for details on how to enter for your chance to win a Peugeot for a Year (page 8). MORE to win in this issue: • Win a fabulous Masport 550AL Combo Electric Start mower, RRP $999 (page 3). • Hot shot: Win a $30 [...]
