danTony's Tips - August 2025
Trees and shrubs planted now have time to settle into improved soil, so when spring comes knocking, they’re ready to burst into their biggest growth flush of the year. Hungry plants can’t fully enjoy this seasonal surge, so give them the best start now.
For some plants, spring is already beginning! Roses are shooting away and Magnolias are kicking off the blossom season. We have a beautiful range ready to plant. Remember, all Magnolias thrive when planted on a mound of enriched soil, these hillside lovers adore good drainage.
Lavenders also shine from now through spring. Two of our favourites:
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Purple Reign – a compact 60x60cm shrub covered in masses of winged purple flowers for months.
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The Princess – the best pink lavender around, reaching 70x70cm and smothered in pink blooms from spring into summer.
Like all lavenders, plant them on a mound for perfect drainage and give them a firm prune after flowering.
And for fruit lovers, our first batch of Strawberry Big Sweetie has arrived! Grown from runners, these strawberries are unbeatable for taste, size, vigour and extended fruiting. They love sunny, fertile and well drained spots, plus they thrive in pots, too!
Lavandula Purple Reign
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Lavandula The Princess
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Things to Do:
1. Focus on your lawn
Control Bindi and Clover in your lawn with a suitable selective weedicide.
2. Make it blue
Start ‘bluing’ Hydrangeas now with Alum to ensure maximum ‘blueness’.
3. Feed your roses
Feed roses with a high ‘K’ complete fertiliser ie. Blooming Roses.
4. Get pruning
Tidy up summer-flowering shrubs and perennials like Fuchsia, Plumbago, Heliotrope, Gaura and Hibiscus. Shape your hedges now so spring’s fresh growth comes in neat and beautiful, not wasted on untidy shoots.