Landscape Case Studies
Sierraron ensures a clean & safe run off
A recycling project using water from neighbouring wetlands is helping Heyne’s Wholesale Nursery produce high quality stock, economically, and with minimal impact on the environment.
Complete range improves the landscape
With growing enquiries by landscapers for a comprehensive package of Scotts landscaping products, it was only a matter of time before we responded to demand.
Great results say Sierraron users
Two converts to Sierraron have given the pre-emergent weed controller the thumbs up.
Manufacturing the seeds of progress
Pelaw Main is a NSW country town not known for progressive landscape practices. Until now. In the
dry, hot land of Pelaw Main, an old coal mining area
in the NSW Hunter Valley, a new manufacturing estate is
taking shape.
Sydney showpieces are in green hands
Sydneysiders and visitors have long admired the Royal Botanic Gardens, Government House and the Domain. Who keeps them looking so good and how?
Scotts: another word for good advice
For years, Perth-based Turf & Irrigation (T&I) has been proving that, when it comes to great service and products, state borders are just lines on a map. For proof, you need only look to the green grass of Geelong, in Victoria.
Banning Root Rot in Pittosporums
The Pittosporum genus is prone to attack by root rot. Now there is a top-dress way to defeat this common fungus.
Crown giving warm weather pests a cold shower
The warm weather isn’t just perfect for a picnic or a dip in the pool, it’s also high season for pests.
Score one for the environment
More and more, awareness of the environmental effects of fertilizers and pesticides is forcing welcome change on an industry with a less-than-salubrious past.
A guide to successful young plant production
An issue that causes some uncertainty throughout the horticulture industry is to do with knowing the best strategy for the production of young plants. Scotts Greg Neighbour offers some helpful guides.
Wetting Agents – you get what you pay for
For the past five years Scotts have contracted an independent research facility – Lincoln University in New Zealand, to test all available granule and liquid wetting agents.
Dune restoration takes root in the Bay of Plenty
Rebuilding New Zealand’s once widespread natural dune systems has for many years proven to be extremely difficult, requiring the re-establishment of native plants in the nutrient-poor sand.