•   Spray roses with Shield to prevent fungus diseases and pest damage.
  
• Feed all roses with Palmers Rose Fertiliser.
  
• Plant new roses. Use Magamp & Garden X Compost at planting time.
  
• Prune spring flowering shrubs after flowering. Deadhead rhododendrons.
  
• Feed acid loving plants such as camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons after flowering with  Acid fertiliser.
  
• Sow seeds of flowering annuals, directly into the ground; alyssum, californian poppy, statice, marigolds, cosmos, nasturtium and sunflowers. Sow in trays for transplanting later; carnations, dahlia, livingstone daisy, petunia, salvia and gerberas.
  
• Plant out seedlings of flowering annuals.
  
• Plant perennial and summer flowering bulbs such as dahlia, begonia, gladioli and calla lily.
  
• Plant hanging baskets and terracotta pots with flowers for summer.
  
• Mulch all plants to conserve moisture and check that your watering systems are operational.
  
• Liquid feed all flowering annuals and perennials with Phostrogen. Feed flowering shrubs with a side dressing of Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.

HOUSEPLANTS

• Increase watering as weather warms up. Feed at each watering with Phostrogen or Nitrosol.
  
• Repot houseplants if you haven’t already done so. Repot orchids after flowering.

• Now that the danger of frost danger is over, seeds of tender vegetables can be safely sown directly into the soil. Sow direct; beans, peas, carrots, radish, sweetcorn, beetroot, silverbeet, spinach, and parsnip. Sow direct or in trays; eggplant, lettuce, cauliflower, cucumber, courgettes, peppers, pumpkin and tomatoes.
  
• Transplant vegetable seedlings into the garden. Soil should be prepared prior to planting by adding generous amounts of compost and a dressing of Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.
  
• Control slugs and snails with Baysol or Quash.
  
• Liquid feed all plants with Phostrogen.
  
• Plant passionfruit, rhubarb and tamarillos.
  
• Feed all citrus trees with Palmers Citrus Fertiliser.
  
• Spray potatoes, fruit trees, grape vines and vegetable plants with Champ DP to prevent fungus diseases. Spray citrus at the pre-blossom stage with Champ DP to control verrucosis, melanose and brown rot.
  
• Dust cabbages and cauliflowers with Derris Dust to prevent white butterfly caterpillar.
  
• Plant new herb plants, including parsley so that new plants are established before existing plants go to seed. Plant herbs and vegetables in pots. Use Palmers Premium Tub and Container mix.

LAWNS

• Apply Palmers Lawn Fertiliser.
  
• Spray with Turfix for broad leaf weeds and Yates Prickle Weed Killer for Onehunga weed to stop the summer prickles.
  
• Sow new areas of lawn. Tui Superstrike range of lawn seed allows you to select the seed type which would be most suitable for your conditions