- Cool temperate gardeners, as buds begin to swell on peaches and nectarines, give the stems a spray or two with lime sulphur to prevent Leaf Curl, a freaky fungi that affects foliage.
- When you're next out bush, keep your eyes peeled for the beaut bright yellow pea-like blooms of the Dillwynia glabbarima, a native parrot pea flowering prolifically through spring.
- Lawn lovers, it's time to dethatch! Using a cavex rake, remove and compost the matted layer of dead turf and organic matter that has built up on the soil surface for healthier, happier grass growth.
- In warm temperate gardens, Astilbe may be the perfect perennial – vigorous, vivacious small shrubs with masses of bright, long-lasting flowers. Plant now for a stunning summer show.
- For beaut passionfruit, give vines a trim, tame and tidy-up, taking off any wayward growth. Follow this up with a good feed of organic fertiliser, and a generous layer of straw mulch.
- Azaleas are in full-on flower right now, but if blooms are looking brown, blotchy and damp, they are suffering from petal blight. Remove and bin affected flowers to fight this fungus.
- Subtropical gardeners with fab flowering annuals, get out there and deadhead spent flowers this weekend! Doing this regularly prevents seed set, improves vigour and prolongs the pretty!
- At this time of year, horrible harlequin beetles are hammering hibiscus. If your shrubs have got the bugs, send them packing by knocking them into a bucket of warm, soapy water.
- If your citrus are in fantastic fragrant flower, resist the urge to feed until flowering is complete. Too much tucker too soon can inhibit fruit set, leaving you lemon-less.
- It's the perfect time to plant a Jap pumpkin in the tropical vegie patch. Find some space in the sun and sow seed into rich soil now — you'll be harvesting in time for Christmas dinner.
- Take your cordyline from zero to hero. Strip off dead foliage and spent flower stalks and lop off leggy stems. Cordylines propagate easily from stem cuttings – just whack 20cm stem sections into moist potting mix, and you're done!
- Grow your own super snack of edamame, a large, seeded soybean eaten steamed and salted! Sow seeds direct in full sun – they'll be ready to harvest in a couple of months.
- In arid gardens, prune frost damaged plants once the risk of frost has passed. Plants can be pruned back to green wood and given a feed – warmer weather will see new growth rocket away.
- We love lechanaultia, one of WA's wonderful wildflowers, and dead easy to grow at home. Perfect in pots, these tough groundcovers deliver stunning, vibrant colour throughout spring.
- Say bye to devastating fruit fly. As fruits are ripening, cover with exclusion bags, harvest produce regularly, clean up any fallen fruit and ensure affected fruit is bagged and binned.