Fired Up Gardens

04/06/2026

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This is my mate Mark’s business in the Southern Highlands.

Not just hydro seeding but all aspects of acreage property work.

Swane's Horticulture

16/04/2026

When befores become afters…

12/04/2026

12/04/2026

Madeira Vine. You may have observed white flowers atop your hedges over the recent weeks. Although they have since disappeared, the vegetation appears healthy.

However, hidden beneath your shrubs and trees may lie an extremely invasive vine that is notoriously difficult to eradicate once established.

Madeira Vine develops from a root tuber, resembling a small, gnarled potato, which detaches and roots itself in the soil as a new vine. The exceptional invasiveness of Madeira Vine stems from its unique characteristic of producing a new tuber at the base of every leaf, resulting in thousands of tubers when attempting to uproot the vine. Each dislodged tuber has the potential to generate a new vine.

Consider the implications: every separated tuber can sprout a new vine. Recently, we pruned a dozen Camellias heavily infested with Madeira Vine, performing a hard winter prune to facilitate their Spring regrowth and prolific flowering next year.

A follow-up visit in 6-8 weeks is scheduled to manually remove the fallen tubers and prevent uncontrolled vine growth, initiating a year-long effort to control the vine's spread.

29/09/2025

Sometimes, the difference between the before and after photo is hard to see…. But that is how some clients like it.

27/08/2025

It may look savage, however a strong rejuvenation of Viburnum prior to the start of Spring will ensure that in six to ten weeks, this hedge will be thick and lush.

Viburnums are perhaps the fastest growing hedge that you can plant in your garden as they love all soil types and will grow almost anywhere.

The only downside to viburnums is the ongoing maintenance :)

14/07/2025

Alright…. So I finally got with the times and we are now on Insta….

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Hoping to hit 10 followers by Saturday 🙂

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08/07/2025

Crepe Myrtles are a beautiful Summer and Autumn flowering tree that need a fair bit of love in Winter.

These trees can reach a height of around 15 metres and can spread to around the same width.

When you don’t have a huge yard for them to display all of their beauty, a Winter prune to contain the height and spread is required. This will also help to increase the bloom in flowering season.

Today we used the hand-sized Stihl pruning chainsaw to reduce the height of the Crepe Myrtles to around three metres.

Come Spring, these trees will put on branches around three metres tall that will bloom in Summer and will look magic.

10/12/2023

Fired Up Gardens teamed up with a local landscaping specialist to remove a Hamlyn Terrace backyard that was infested with weeds and not very appealing to the owners.

We replaced the area with a new usable paved entertaining area, a large fire pit area and bordered the property with semi-mature, hand-selected plants from local nurseries as well as plants that we propagated on site.

Along with this, will laid out and installed a drip irrigation system connected to the properties rain water tanks and also installed a wifi irrigation timer for easy 'set and forget' watering through Summer.

Finally, we installed an automated low voltage lighting system that brings the garden to life.

We even installed a small bordered lawn area for the residents dogs to use.

Fired Up Gardens will continue to maintain this property throughout the Summer and then prepare it for the light frosts of Winter.

Message us if we can help you with your lawn and garden maintenace.