Episode: Five
Date: 27th September 2008
Story Title: Tanika and Acticote
Presenter: Nigel Ruck

Some plants such as the Tanika don’t receive as much nutrients in the backyard, as they would growing naturally. Nigel shows you how to give your plants all the nutrients they need to thrive in your garden.

Featured Plant - Tanika Lomandra longifolia

• An improved compact fine leaf form of the popular Lomandra longifolia. This attractive deep green selection provides a graceful versatile plant. It has an attractive yellow flower head early in Spring.
• Grows well in full sun and moderate to heavy shaded positions. Tolerates windy and salt laden positions. Lives off natural rainfall in most of the populated areas of Australia.
• Tanika grows to a height of 50-60cm with a spread of 65cm wide

Featured Product – Yates Professional Blood and Bone

• An organic based fertiliser suitable for all garden plants, including Australian natives. Provides nitrogen for healthy leaf growth and phosphorus for strong root development.
• 90% pure high quality organic meat meal
• Improves soil structure, promotes soil micro-organisms and encourage earthworms
• Includes potash for abundant flowering, improved disease resistance and increased drought tolerance
• Suitable for all vegetables and flowers including exotics and natives.

Contact

Ozbreed – Environmental Turf and Plant Breeding
Phone: 02 4577 2977
Email:  info@ozbreed.com.au

Yates Australia
1 Gow Street,
Padstow, 2211
NSW Australia
Phone: 1800 224 428
Website: http://www.yates.com.au/