Growing guides

Want to know how to grow your favourite plants? Check out our growing guides below! You'll find the tips and tricks you need to grow everything from herbs and veggies to fruit and flowers.

Onions

The basis of so many delicious dishes, onions (Allium cepa) are an essential ingredient in every cook’s store cupboard...

Parsnip

Parsnips are a nutty and sweet root vegetable that can take 5-6 months to reach maturity! But the flavour of homegrown...

Patty Pan Squash

Squash or patty pan squash as they are often called - because of their UFO like shape - are an easy to grow summer...

Peas

Nothing beats home-grown peas for their tenderness and taste. That's because when they’re picked, their sugars start to...

Potatoes

Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are tubers that grow and form at the plant’s roots. Plants also produce flowering shoots...

Pumpkins

Delicious in pies, soups and stews and full of vitamins and minerals, pumpkins are a tasty autumn and winter treat...

Radish

Radishes are one of the easiest and speediest vegetable crops to grow! Perfect for the time poor or beginner gardener...

Rhubarb

Rhubarbs edible stalks grow from a central crown and this popular vegetable is most commonly eaten as a sweet! Once...

Runner beans

Runner beans, or more correctly scarlet runner beans, (Phaseolus coccineus) are among the easiest and most rewarding...

Salad leaves

Bags of salad leaves are quite expensive to buy and have a fairly short lifespan in the fridge. Grow your own salad...

Shallots

Shallots ( Allium cepa var. aggregatum) are a member of the onion family loved by chefs and home cooks for their mild...

Silverbeet

Silverbeet is also commonly referred to as Swiss chard, chard or rainbow chard. The rainbow variety has brightly...

What to plant in April

What to plant?

How to grow potatoes

Potatoes

how to grow peas

Peas

How to grow Garlic | Love the Garden

Garlic

Growing orchids

Orchids

How to grow Allium

Allium

How to grow roses

Roses

how to grow sweet peas

Sweet peas

How To Grow & Care For Buffalo Lawn

Buffalo Grass

How To Grow & Care For Kikuyu Lawn

Kikuyu Grass

African Violet

African Violet

Bromeliad

Bromeliads

How to grow & care for cauliflower

Cauliflower

How to grow & care for broccoli

Broccoli

Snake Plant

Snake Plants

Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts

How to grow spinach

Spinach

How to grow kale

Kale

How to grow & care for cabbage

Cabbage

How to grow & care for silverbeet

Silverbeet

How to grow & care for lavender

Lavender

Ginger

Ginger

A pile of avocados with one on top cut in half.

Avocado

Bunch of Beetroot

Beetroot

Celery

Celery

Watercress plant

Watercress

Choko

Choko

Lemongrass small

Lemongrass

Parsley small

Parsley

Rosemary

Rosemary

Chives

Chives

Growing Dragon fruit

Dragon Fruit

grow radishes

Radish

Growing Leeks

Leeks

bougainvillea

Bougainvillea

Magnolia

Magnolia

Azalea small

Azalea

Fennel

Fennel

Jasmine

Jasmine

Lilies

Lilies

Oregano

Oregano

Gardenia

Gardenia

Poppies

Poppies

Lettuce

Lettuce

How to grow hydrangeas

Hydrangea

Birds of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

poinsettia

Poinsettia

dieffenbachia

Dieffenbachia

Boston Fern

Boston Fern

Begonias

Begonias

Kentia Palm

Kentia Palm

Lilly Pilly

Lilly Pilly

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

Snow peas

Snow Peas

Turnips

Turnip

Everlasting Daisies

Everlasting Daisies

bottlebrush

Bottlebrush

Waratah

Waratah

Pear

Pear Trees

Weeping fig

Weeping Fig

Lilac

Lilac

Gooseberry

Gooseberries

Christmas Bush

Christmas Bush

English Ivy

English Ivy

Mustard Greens

Mustard greens

Iris

Iris

Tulips

Tulips

Microgreens

Microgreens

What to harvest?

How to grow blueberries

Blueberries

How to grow strawberries | Love the Garden

Strawberries

How to grow onions

Onions

how to grow basil

Basil

how to grow runner bean

Runner beans

How to grow roses

Roses

how to grow coriander

Coriander

How to grow & care for broccoli

Broccoli

How to grow spinach

Spinach

How to grow & care for apple trees

Apple

How to grow & care for silverbeet

Silverbeet

Ginger

Ginger

A pile of avocados with one on top cut in half.

Avocado

Bunch of Beetroot

Beetroot

Celery

Celery

Watercress plant

Watercress

Eggplant bunch

Eggplant

Choko

Choko

Lemongrass small

Lemongrass

Parsley small

Parsley

Rosemary

Rosemary

Harvesting Blackberries

Blackberries

Growing lots of capsicum

Capsicum

Growing almond

Almond Tree

Chives

Chives

Growing Dragon fruit

Dragon Fruit

Growing grapes

Grapes

How to grow dahlia

Dahlia

grow radishes

Radish

Globe Artichoke small

Globe artichokes

Dill

Dill

Gerbera

Gerbera

Horseradish

Horseradish

Marigold

Marigold

Mint

Mint

Oregano

Oregano

Patty Pan Squash

Patty Pan Squash

Passionfruit

Passionfruit

Gardenia

Gardenia

Persimmon

Persimmon

Proteas

Proteas

Sage

Sage

Shallots

Shallots

Thymes

Thyme

Snapdragons

Snapdragons

How to grow hydrangeas

Hydrangea

Paw Paw

Paw Paw

Carrots

Carrot

Yam

Yam

bottlebrush

Bottlebrush

Pear

Pear Trees

Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit

Lemon Tree

Lemon Trees

plum

Plum Trees

Mustard Greens

Mustard greens

Nasturtium

Nasturtium

pomegranate

Pomegranate

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