Why Your Lawn & Other Plants Struggles in Winter and How to Fix It

Some of you might spend a whole Saturday morning at the nursery, pick out the greenest turf or the flushest shrubs on the bench, and spend hours sweating away in the yard to get them in the ground. You water them regularly, toss down some standard retail fertiliser, and wait for that great backyard to appear.   [...]

Go outside in July and listen. Most Melbourne gardens are silent. No bees in the beds, no honeyeaters working the shrubs, nothing moving. People assume the cold keeps wildlife away. It does not. The food runs out; that is what happens.   From about May through August, most suburban gardens stop producing nectar almost entirely. For anyone [...]

Here is something I see every year working across Bayside and the south-east. Homeowners spend time in autumn tidying the visible stuff, cutting things back, clearing leaves, maybe repotting something. Then winter arrives, the rain sets in, and by July, they are standing in the garden wondering why three plants that looked fine in March are now half dead.  The answer [...]

Gardening Made Easy: Connect With a Qualified Horticulturist in Bayside A qualified horticulturist in Bayside is recommended to help you with your gardening needs. They can provide advice on planting, pruning and mulching, as well as soil testing and diagnosis of diseases or pests. They can also advise on selecting plants suitable for your garden [...]

Hiring a professional horticultural consultant can give your commercial or residential garden a beautiful transformation. You might have a few ideas about making your garden look more attractive, but to execute them flawlessly, you need a professional's help. Not only do the professionals help you turn your dream garden into a reality, but they can [...]

In your yard, one of the most mystifying things that can happen is when a plant gets a disease. When has it happened? Is it going to spread? Would my plants all die? How will I get rid of this? Anything called the disease triangle is the most important thing to understand about disease prevention [...]

Today Clay Fields Hort is one of the best landscaping companies in Melbourne. We understand the garden care and landscaping your backyard needs. Our renowned landscape gardeners in Melbourne provide the best services for all kinds of plants and trees including the native Australian plants. Native gardens offer a distinct sense of peace. You can [...]