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The article provides tips related to growing several plant varieties in the month of July in Australia. Gardeners are advised to prune their Sasanqua camellias as these plants are starting their next growth phase. Organic fertilisers are recommended because they can improve soil health. Furthermore, the ripening of pawpaws can be enhanced in winter by giving them feeds of liquid seaweed.

The article provides tips on gardening. It is ideal to use a push hoe to help keep the weeds down and to keep the soil moist. Application of a mulch is important before the hot weather arrives to help keep the soil most and friable. Compost, well-rotted sawdust, coffee grounds or seaweed make ideal mulches, but not on sodden soil or it will become sour.

The article offers information on several flowering plants and vegetables which grow in New Zealand. It states that winter is the best time for gardeners to plant flowers and vegetables like broad beans, cabbage and cauliflowers. It states suggests that Polyanthus wants a cool and partly shaded area with rich and free-draining soil, and Hellebores also known as winter roses, has evergreen and healthy foliage. The guidelines in preparing the garden for planting is presented.

The article answers readers' questions on gardening. The questions are about the life time of wisterias, the best time to get fig tree cuttings to root and the cause of fuschia's loss of leaves. The article says that wisterias can last 50 years or more, that properly grafted wisteria plants are better than growing from seed and that young trees must never be transplanted while it is just starting its new spring growth.

The article presents questions and answers related to gardening. One reader asks whether cutting tired-looking plants such as camellias and rhododendrons, transplanting them or feeding them something specific would bring them back to life. Another person asks how to avoid blight from damaging potato crops.

The article presents questions and answers related to gardening in New Zealand. One person asks about native plants and trees that can survive a badly drained clay section of a house which is constantly under water during the wet months. Another questions the availability of an organic treatment for grass grub. A reader wants to know how to keep silverbeet growing healthy.

The article offers tips in gardening. Planting flowering shrubs and aromatic herbs help bring vital health-giving qualities into the garden. They also attract butterflies, bees and birds that add their own special energy and beauty to a garden. On the other hand, when planting young trees it makes a good sense to stake them firmly.