Mulches are a useful way to suppress weeds in your garden, while also benefiting the garden by suppressing evaporation from your soil. Other benefits are that as they break down they add goodness to the soil, (much like composts and without having to turn the soil), and they increase the interaction between soil organisms which[…]
Transplanting in winter time is one of the best times of year to move plants around in your garden. This is because plants are less actively grown in this subtropical climate or, if they are deciduous they are dormant until the spring burst of growth brings them back to life again. If the plants are[…]
Tropical foliage and Colour for your Garden www.goldcoastlandscapegardening.com.au Living in a subtropical climate, there are a lot of coloured foliage plants available for your garden. These plants add permanent colour to your garden whereas, with green foliage flowering plants you have to wait till their flowering season occurs. Coloured foliage plants get the most colour[…]
Some garden soils are situated in areas that have really no goodness at all for most plants.Here on the Gold Coast, and most coastal regions in the area there is a lot of sandy soil which has no goodness. Also the shaley soils of the Robina and hinterland Gold Coast areas really don’t provide much[…]
