Now is the time to prepare for the fight against codling moths. In the next few weeks, as the weather warms, they'll be out, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Jackie Warburton
Gardening columnist Jackie Warburton is a member of many garden clubs in Canberra and give talks and presentations to regional garden clubs as well. She is studying Landscape Design and is a student member of Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON contrasts her column with a toxic weed and a terrific little plant with a fragrant scent.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON writes about the attractive foliage of peperomias and the challenge of dealing with apple scab.
There's some good news and some bad news about having nettles in the garden. Let gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON enlighten you...
While some plants are hit by the mid-winter frosts, gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON says there is an old, trusty one that keeps thriving, unaffected at all – meet the rose-scented geranium.
In a native garden there's always room for a casuarina. They range from large trees to ground covers, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
If there's a small area in the garden for a gentle, scrambling climber that likes a little shade, then the evergreen and native Macquarie vine is a terrific choice, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Crab-apples are a popular tree to grow in our region and there are many to choose from, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
It's almost mid-winter, the soil will be cold, the garden is dormant and growth of plants is at a minimum, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Grafting allows a variety of trees, shrubs and plants to grow successfully outside their natural habitat and in a wider variety of soils, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
With planning, the winter garden can still have plenty of colour and, in some cases, the cool winters encourage leaves on plants to go red under stress, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Many pruning forms allow fruit trees to be planted closer together and keep growth of the trees to a manageable size for netting and picking, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
