Horticulture

Welcome to our horticulture section. This is where you’ll find all sorts of information about horticulture in New Zealand.

You’ll find relevant news and articles, upcoming events, related blog and forum entries and horticulture related video clips. 

This page is very much community driven so if there’s anything you’d like to see included here please get in touch with us.  We welcome contributions of news and interest articles. Please contact us at contribute@ruraltrader.co.nz

Features

  • Horticulture News

    Horticulture News

    by Rural Trader

    This is where we will keep you updated with the latest horticultural news from across New Zealand

  • Gardening Calendar

    Gardening Calendar

    by Yates New Zealand

    Kindly supplied by Yates New Zealand, this gardening calendar will give you expert advice every month

  • Chives – Onion Taste Without the Tears

    Chives – Onion Taste Without the Tears

    by Yates New Zealand

    Chives are the most versatile of herbs. They’ll grow in just about any climate and, with their upright leaves, can fit themselves into quite compact spots

  • Raspberries

    Raspberries

    by Wally Richards

    Once raspberry canes have fruited, the old canes should be cut out and new, young canes trained to replace those pruned out

  • Early Start for Summer Vegies

    Early Start for Summer Vegies

    by Yates New Zealand

    If you want to get an early start with your summer vegies, why not sow seeds into pots on a windowsill, ready for transplanting when the weather’s warm enough?

  • Passion Fruit Vines

    Passion Fruit Vines

    by Wally Richards

    I have found that Passion fruit vines are difficult to grow outside these days, but do well in my glasshouse in Palmerston North

  • Care for Camellias After Flowering

    Care for Camellias After Flowering

    by Yates New Zealand

    While the early-blooming sasanquas have pretty much finished for the year, the shade-loving japonica camellias are at their peak and the large-flowered reticulatas are trying to prove they are the showiest of all

  • Lawn Time

    Lawn Time

    by Wally Richards

    Spring is a good time to sort out any problems you may have in your lawns

  • Bud Movement

    Bud Movement

    by Wally Richards

    Deciduous trees and plants such as roses are now starting to move, or in other words, break dormancy and start a new season

  • Shelter Helps Farm Production and Environment

    Shelter Helps Farm Production and Environment

    by Bala Tikkisetty

    The generally wet soil conditions of mid-winter mean it’s the season for planting trees for shelter

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