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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
Looks good! I was wondering if you would plant something now, or wait for spring. Or is your summer too hot for these plants?
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It's hard to say. The trees don't really matter. The herbs...we'll see.
Our climate averages are here:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averag...0908_All.shtml
Basically, our average maximum in our winter of JUN/JUL/AUG is 22C/21C/22C (72F/70F/72F) and our average minimum is 13C/11C/12C (55F/52F/54F).
We get our lowest rainfall in winter, but it's still reasonable amounts of 131mm/79mm/96mm (5.2"/3.1"/3.8"). These are variable though. The August just before we got here had a record rainfall of 669.2mm (26.3"), and almost all of that fell in one 25-36 hour period.
But, yes, the summer sun can burn things...even indigenous plants (like my poor tree-fern, and lilly-pillies, which have been known to suffer).
The climate is mostly somewhat forgiving on plants though, if not all-round encouraging. Most plants might ease up a bit in their growth, before they go nuts again in spring-summer. My guide to planting though is: Plant it - if it dies, it was weak, so plant something else.
Right now we're trying to figure what to plant (veges) in the new side-garden beds we've made. Onions and spuds, probably, though TL1 would like rhubarb.
Cheers,
Marc