Boost Your Biodiversity
July 15, 2022 3:34 pmHow to invite wildlife into your garden. Sustainability is a buzzword that is all over social media. Companies use the…
How to invite wildlife into your garden. Sustainability is a buzzword that is all over social media. Companies use the…
If your garden has seemed different in recent years, with that familiar buzz much quieter, the air less colourful and…
Container Plants Instant gardening with pretty plants and a variety of containers immediately raises the spirits, and this month garden…
White Wild Sage There is a huge variety of Plectranthus species, most of which are shade lovers. Beautiful dark green…
Forest Bushwillow The Forest Bushwillow is an attractive, deciduous tree, no matter the season. It retains its rich autumn colour…
Galpinii, Bowkerii, Tomentosa and Petersiana Pride of de Kaap The Bauhinia belongs to one of the world’s largest plant families,…
Barleria Greenii, Wild Bush Petunia If you have never had the pleasure of seeing the Barleria Greenii in full bloom…
Expect a lively concert from the garden wildlife if, perchance, you end up alongside a Tecoma Capensis, or Cape Honeysuckle…
Butterfly Gaura Gaura Lindheimeri ‘Blushing Butterflies’ produces soft pink flowers and has leaves that are light reddish-green and become brighter…
Wild Fire Blanket Flower Gaillardia or Blanket Flowers, are perennial daisies. They are valued for their extended flowering season, blooming…
Honeybells, Honeybell Bush Freylinia Lanceolata is described by some gardeners as a rather wild and untidy plant, but it has…
Wild Pear Dombeya Rotundifolia, one of the most attractive and reliable of the indigenous trees suitable for suburban gardens, has…
There are two species of Coleonema that feature prominently in most South African gardens. Coleonema Pulchellum, or the white confetti…
Horsewood Type:Medium Shrub, 3 to 5m.Form: Multi-stemmed and slender, with fine glossy foliage.Flowers: Bunches of small creamy-yellow ‘stars’ with pronounced…
Bacopa, Indigenous Phlox, Sutera or James Brittennia. Whatever the name, the Bacopa, an ankle-high ground cover, with tits graceful flowers…
