The Showstopper: Tuxedo® Hydrangea Black Tie

With the deepest, darkest foliage of any hydrangea and striking blooms held on strong, upright stems, Tuxedo® Hydrangea Black Tie brings drama, structure, and lasting elegance to the garden.
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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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Flower power!

20 ways to have fun with annuals.
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Safer & healthier gardening

Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities in New Zealand. It lets people enjoy nature and grow their own produce. However, despite its quiet, healthy image, there are some risks involved in gardening. This simple safety guide is designed to help you reduce these risks and get even more enjoyment from your garden.
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Summer's bounty

Small steps towards a more productive garden.
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Non-stop crops - the art of succession planting

For those who love to grow what they eat, the season of plenty has arrived. October is a huge month for planting a huge range of vegetable crops. Almost anything can go in the ground in spring.
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Summer fruit

Plant a range of fruiting plants to keep the family fruit bowl full all 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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Summer inspiration

from November 15

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Summer in bloom

These summer flowering perennials are a selection of easy care plants that fill a variety of garden situations.
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Battling against bugs

Summer's warm humid conditions are great for plants but also for their foes, both diseases and pests in all their forms.
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Summer's hottest climbers

Any empty fence, wall or pergola is the gardener's equivalent of a blank canvas. Even when the available vertical space is taken, there's always a way to make more
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Kids Go Gardening - how to grow sunflowers

Plant a little seed now and watch it grow into a beautiful sunshine flower that's taller than you!
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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.

Coastal colour, planting by the sea

Gardens close to the ocean enjoy the advantage of a balmy frost-free climate. But coastal gardening is not without its challenges. The soil can be less than ideal, and worse, there's that punishing salt laden wind.
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Nature's way to a better world

Coming up with a workable composting system that fits your lifestyle will greatly reduce food waste and build better soil.
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Safe swan plants for spring Monarchs

Here's a few tips to help newcomers to raise successful butterflies
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Super slim apples

Being able to pick fresh fruit from the garden is one of the greatest joys a gardener can have. But for many of us, it's not so easy to grow the fruit trees we grew up with - not for lack of experience or knowhow, but for sheer lack of space - Not any more!
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