Shape Landscaping Has Some Tips For Winter Gardening

One of the most important services offered by the professional team at Shape Landscaping is their garden maintenance service, where they do all the hard work in the client’s garden to keep it looking pristine, giving people more time doing the things they love to do. Shape Landscaping’s garden maintenance team is there to take the guess-work out of gardening and they have the knowledge and experience required to keep plants and lawns healthy. They also get rid of the all the pests, diseases and weeds and will establish a tailored maintenance regime for the garden including lawn care, plant and tree pruning, hedge trimming, pest, disease and weed management and even plant propagation.

The Shape Landscaping team explain that as June is the first month of winter in New Zealand, this brings cold weather to much of the country, with more rain for most of the North Island. The super-greens such as kale and broccolini are cold tolerant, and are perfect for planting in June. In June it’s time to freeze the last of your basil, whilst parsley and coriander may well continue on through the season. For those who have mint in the garden they should lift and re-plant this after pruning off 2/3 of the roots, and for those thinking of planting some deciduous trees in the garden, now is the time to plant them. Similarly, all of those favourite pip and stone fruit trees will be available to purchase now, as well as most ornamental trees. To plant these, dig a hole twice the circumference, and at least the depth of the new tree’s root ball and plant into soil that has been nourished with compost, throwing in a couple of slow-release fertiliser tabs which will help the new tree deal with the stress of planting, and help it establish new growth.

Another great tip from Shape Landscaping is to always remember to water plants well for the first couple of weeks. Also, for those who have legumes, such as peas, sugarsnaps, and broad beans, these will continue to grow in warm winter vegetable gardens which can be trained up climbing frames, and broad beans can be staked. It’s also time to harvest the last of the chillies, pick them and freeze or hang them together and dry them out. Once dried out these can be made into a chilli powder. Cover plants that don’t deal well with frost, such as young Citrus, Tamarillo trees and Passion Fruit plants. None of these take the frost well, and it can seriously set back growth for the next season, if not kill them off entirely.

For more information on Shape Landscaping and their garden design services, please go to http://www.shapelandscaping.co.nz.