Palmerston North Horticultural Society

12/05/2025

Meeting 14th May. 7.30.
Leisure centre. Ferguson street. Palmerston north.

Subject permeculture.

18/02/2025

garden visits Saturday 22nd Feb 2025.

11 to 1pm spring bloom 70 Pearce road Halcombe.
perennials for sale, nursery and garden. cash only.

jans bergonia
1pm to 1.30 meet at 7 Hendersons road Marton.
plants for sale from 20.00 . cash only

14/11/2024

Highly recommend online plant shopping at

A4dibble

Prompt service, great selection of plants.
Great communication.

06/11/2024

Next meeting 13th November 2024.
7.30 leisure centre
Ferguson street
Palmerston north.

Special of month roses.
We do have a novice table for those that have never entered the show table before.
All you need to do is bring a rose ,vases available from club. Place your name on a piece of paper for judging.

Speaker is about propagating.

Hope to see you there.

06/11/2024

Had a lovely visit to carole iris garden. So many beautiful flowers.i personally could t pick just one favorite.

09/07/2024

meeting 10 July. 7.30 at leisure centre.
Ferguson street
Palmerston north.
topic pncc vegetation framework review.

17/06/2024

Roses

Your roses should be looking scruffy and unpruned with mostly all their leaves now gone and it's time for them to rest. Lime sulphur is one of the best sprays to use as it will help all the leaves fall and will kill off all the overwintering spores and eggs. Lime sulphur is quite harsh and will stain fences and walls so do be careful. If you are not keen on lime sulphur then definitely use Copper oxychloride and Conqueror oil as this is next best and do several sprays through the winter and one before pruning and one perhaps once the job is done.
Copper is the fungicide part and the oil controls scale and overwintering eggs by covering them in oil and suffocating the organisms. Both are pretty safe to use and mix them separately but in the same tank. Quarter fill your tank with water, mix the copper powder with a little water to form a slurry and then add the slurry to your partially filled tank. Continue to fill your tank until three quarters full. Dilute the conqueror oil with water and then add to the nearly full tank...fill to the top and shake it all together. This brew is the mainstay of winter spraying and is suitable for nearly everything from roses to fruit trees, grape vines and citrus.

17/06/2024

next meeting 10th July 2024 .at 7.30.
leisure centre .Fergusson street .
Palmerston North.

19/06/2023

great talk on lawn care.

 Height- 20-40mm, BH setting 3 spring- autumn ; 4 winter; shade  Remove leaves- pick up and/or mow  Rotary vs reel- Rotary- leaves, branches, cut over edging, winter,