Colour parade
November 19, 2025 2:44 pmSummer brings in the brightest annuals for the year. Some sun-loving plants and colourful options for the shade; these are…
Summer brings in the brightest annuals for the year. Some sun-loving plants and colourful options for the shade; these are…
Bright and attractive, Dianthus are the order of the day. There are several species of dianthus including the common carnation,…
For sun or shade, colourful annuals evoke a feeling of well-being as they start blooming in spring. The more the…
Every garden always has gaps – bits of bare soil between plants that can be filled with pretty annuals. So,…
Read in Afrikaans Many of the most important spring flowers need to be planted out as young seedlings in autumn.…
Help your Roses to Keep their Cool • Hot nights bother the roses more than the heat during the day.…
To celebrate spring and inspire you to play with colour, Tanya and I spent a happy, flower-filled afternoon in her…
It’s high summer and the nurseries are filled to the brim with pots and punnets of annuals and perennials in…
There are very few flowers that can match the true blue of Lobelia. For connoisseurs of blue there’s even a…
Carpet Geraniums True Geraniums or Crane’s Bills – from the Greek word geranos, a crane, owing to its fruit which…
African Daisy, Gousblom, Silver Arctotis, Kusgousblom Arctotis is a fairly large genus of about sixty species within the daisy family…
A Water-wise Garden should have Plants with Similar Water Requirements Grouped Together. This type of grouping is called a hydro-zone.…
This beautiful flowering plant with daisy flowers in a spectacular range of bright colours is still affectionately called cinerarias by…
Milk Thistle The spectacular Milk Thistle is huge, eye-catching and drought tolerant! Its massive rosette of white-marbled, seriously prickly, deeply…
In today’s stressful world, moonlight gardens might just be the antidote we’re all searching for, so spend this month planning…
Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima is a delicate, fine-textured plant with masses of white blooms set against variegated foliage. It is…
For years, dahlias were unfairly overlooked, but that is changing fast. These striking flowering plants are finding favour again with…
There are a number of tough waterwise characters that thrive in containers and love being out in the midday sun.…
