BetterHomesAndGardensAustraliaDecember2015_

HEIGHT

1.2m

WIDTH

60cm

FULL SUN

PART SHADE LARGE POTS ALL ZONES

120 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, DECEMBER 2015 bhg.com.au

V

...inoutdoor paint

Add zing and protectoutdoor

metal furniture from rust with Direct

To Rust Metal Paint by Hammerite. It

acts as primer, undercoat and topcoat

and is $36.81 for a 750ml tin (also

in aerosol), visit hammerite.com.au

...IN PRINT

Lovers of good garden design

shouldn’t be without Lessons from

Great Gardeners by Matthew Biggs

(Exisle Publishing, $34.99). It’s

a delightful look at the method

of 40 of the world’s best garde

designers, including André Le

Nôtre (Versailles), Claude Mon

(Giverny), Vita Sackville-West

(Sissinghurst) and Australia’s

Jeremy Francis, creator of

Cloudehill in the Dandenongs.

to treasure now and in the futu

...in mowers

de tough for Aussie conditions,

LawnBoss from Cox Mowers

bines comfort with performance.

h a 15.5HP Briggs and Stratton

ine, the locally made body has a

el frame with tough polypropylene

els that won’t rust. It comes with

2" or 38" cutting deck and is

499, visit coxmowers.com.au

Get a mass of speccy spikes all summer long

with the Salvia GoGo releases in bright scarlet

and moody-hued purple. Hardy and long-flowering,

the two have been bred from the BrazilianSalvia

splendens and are happiest in sun, but also cope

well in a little shade. They bloom from spring

through to late autumn, live for two or three

years and need fertilising only twice a year.

From Aussie Winners, aussiewinners.com.au

...in aquaponics

Introduce young gardenersto

aquaponics with a tabletop Water

Garden that allows fish and herbs to

thrive together. Fish waste provides

nutrients for plants that keep the

water clean. Wheatgrass and snow

pea seeds included, $119 from Fluid

Growers, fluidgrowers.com.au

...in seating

Get into the laid-

back swing of

summer with this

Aussie-made

hanging chair. Just

right on a veranda

or hanging from

a tree, it’s made

of fade-proof and

weatherproof

canvas with

hardwood dowel.

The swing comes

with marine rope

and stainless-steel

fittings for

hanging. It’s $145

from Swingz n

Thingz, visit

swingz.com.au

gardendiary

WHAT’S

NEW

...a t the nursery

in aquaponniicss

d

ggs

s

s

en

et

One

re.

...

Mad

the

com

With

eng

stee

pane

a 32

$3 4

...garden

thermometers

Keep an eye on

temps around your

garden this

summer with a

colourful spiked

thermometer. They

cost $32.95 each,

from Amalfi

Homewares, amalfi

homewares.com.au