Water, water, water is what makes your garden grow through these summer months. For those with water restrictions, this means keeping a close eye on that rain gauge and collecting rainwater whenever you can.

Here are some tips for your November gardening checklist:

  • Water your annuals, perennials, and plants which are in outdoor containers at least twice week during dry periods.

  • Water shrubs and lawns once a week.

  • Apply thick layers of mulch to Hydrangeas and shrubs to keep their root systems cool.

  • Buy a rain gauge to eliminate the watering guesswork.

  • Cut your lawn little (don't let it get too long) and often.

  • Fertilise your lawn every four to six weeks.

  • Continue to fertilise your roses every fortnight with Wonder Rose or Ludwig's Vigorosa.

  • Fertilise Fuchsias regularly with a liquid fertiliser like Trelmix or Multifeed Flowergro.

  • Sprinkle snail bait or handpick these pests in the evening when they emerge.

  • Remove old flowers from azaleas and rhododendrons to encourage better flowering next year.

  • Sow seeds like ageratum, alyssum, aster, Canterbury bells, cleome, cornflower, cosmos, dianthus, Gypsophila elegans, helianthus, impatiens, lavetera, lobelia, marigold, nasturtium, petunia, portulaca, salvia, verbena and zinna.

  • Plant seedlings like aster, ageratum, begonia, celosia, chrysanthemum, cleome, coleus, cosmos, dahlia (bedding), dianthus, gloriosa daisy, impatiens, lobelia, marigold, nicotiana, penstemon, petunia, portulaca and vinca.

Agapanthus Blue Velvet

With its brilliant, extra large, dark violet-blue flowers, velvet sheen and long and sturdy stem, this amazing Proudly South African Agapanthus is really special.

It's also a prolific flowerer with more individual blooms per flower head than any other Agapanthus. Even if you feel you have too many Agapanthus in your garden, this one will boldly stand out from the rest.

It should be planted in a sunny spot where it receives up to six hours of sunlight. It will grow to a height of 30 centimetres with a spread of 40 centimetres, and will go dormant in winter.

It is drought tolerant and ideal for gardens where repeat mass plantings are required.