Floriferous!

A colourful garden that peaks in high summer is a magnet for beneficial insects and provides loads of flowers for picking. These free-flowering favourites deliver maximum satisfaction for minimal effort.
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Be a sun smart gardener

Gardening is a healthy pursuit in so many ways, but it is also an outdoor pursuit. Sue Linn relates how she deals with her love of gardening and being safe in the sun
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High flyers in the dry

With water conservation on our minds in the post-Christmas months, it's nice to know there are some stunning plants that will stand up to drier, hotter weather conditions and still look sensational.
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Summer colour for butterflies

Load your garden with colourful plants to ensure you have a blazing display to attract as many butterflies as possible.
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Kids Go Gardening - grow sweet corn

Sow it, grow it, eat it! Now the days are longer and the soil is warmer, grow the sweet (corn) taste of summer.
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The benefits of beetroot

Highly nutritious beetroot is well worth growing. Naturopath Meryn Wakelin shines the light on this underrated root crop and shares a chocolate cake recipe with a twist
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Grow capsicums and chillies

Early summer is the time to plant sweet peppers and hot peppers. They're fun to grow with so many different colours, shapes and sizes to choose from.
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Grow beans

There are all sorts of beans, both annual (a one season life span) and perennial (lasting many seasons).
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Summer inspiration

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Kids Go Gardening - desert dwellers

In the desert it's a long time between rain and only the toughest survive. Succulents store their own water in their leaves and stems, so they can thrive where other plants would die.
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Kids Go Gardening - wind chimes

How about adding some music to your garden with hanging wind chimes? Get creative and design your own!
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Pride & passion - New Zealand Christmas trees

Nothing may compare to the pohutukawa or rata tree at your favourite holiday spot, but we can all enjoy a touch of that crimson splendour at home in the garden.
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Good, green giving

A garden centre is just the place to escape the stress of Christmas shopping with a healthy refreshing environment that calms frazzled minds, and where there is a gift for just about anyone.
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Inspiration for Kids

A quarterly mini magazine for children containing colour projects and puzzles to encourage the next generation of gardeners.

The Snow Princess & The handsome Prince

Once upon a time in a land not so very far away, three dedicated plant breeders gathered to find the handsomest lavenders of them all for New Zealand's gardeners
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Grow hydrangeas

Hydrangeas are popular and hardy, blooming through summer and autumn, in shades of white, green, pink, red, purple, mauve and blue. They can be short and tall, and some are climbers.
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Grow grasses for grace and function

Beautiful grasses produce stunning visual effects, whether you plant en masse or weave them into the garden. They're easy too, but the trick, for long-term satisfaction, is to plant the right varieties for your soil and climate.
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Dark & tempting Tuxedo® Hydrangeas!

Tuxedo® hydrangeas stand out from all other hydrangeas with their lovely dark purple/black flushed leaves, which make anyone do a double take.
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Spectacular Showpiece™ Roses!

These fragrant, disease tolerant, easy care, large and floriferous Showpiece™ shrub roses are from the renowned breeder of the famous Flower Carpet® ground cover roses, and are available in 6 stunning colours: Blush, Berry, Lipstick, Champagne, Orange and new Tangerine.
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