
Watch the weather forecast and turn on any heating which you have available or cover the plants with newspaper or fleece on frosty nights.


Acacia verticillata and Acacia dealbata may even flower before January.
If they do a light pruning after flowering and a quick re-pot will ensure they produce copious new growth and, consequently, next year’s flowers.
Read our Acacia guide here.

If shrubby pot plants like Cytisus racemosa (Genista fragrans) and Acacia armata have finished flowering give them a haircut and light trim all over.
Hippeastrums (Amaryllis) as they finish flowering should be kept moist and fed until they can be dried off in May-June.