Creating a Coastal Garden
January 24, 2021 11:08 pmThe key to success with a coastal garden is to create protected pockets and a gentler microclimate within a toughRead More...
The key to success with a coastal garden is to create protected pockets and a gentler microclimate within a toughRead More...
In a small garden, you may need only one of these shrubs to screen off your neighbour, the dog’s kennelRead More...
Wild Cineraria Senecio is a member of the Asteraceae (daisy) family, which is the second largest family of flowering plantsRead More...
Gazanias are the dream plant for low maintenance gardens. Their vivid, cheerful blooms guarantee a sunburst of colour and theRead More...
Copperleaf or Calico bush The Acalypha is the mainstay of so many coastal and sub-tropical gardens in the country. AcalyphasRead More...
Expect a lively concert from the garden wildlife if, perchance, you end up alongside a Tecoma Capensis, or Cape HoneysuckleRead More...
Plant: Selago Corymbosa Type: Dainty shrub, 60cm.Form: Upright growth with feathery foliage.Flowers: A fine mist of delicate lacy white flowersRead More...
Fairy Fan Flower One Australian perennial that contributes a new hybrid almost yearly is Scaevola Aemula, and sometimes the newRead More...
Our colleague, Gerald Schofield, once described the hybrids of Scabiosa as ‘totally loveable’ plants. Most gardeners agree with his description of thisRead More...
One can fill pots and barrels with bush and king pelargoniums, and fill hanging baskets and window boxes with ivy-leavedRead More...
Spider Flower Grevillea Lanigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’, or Spider Flower, is an utterly charming, low-growing shrub that copes perfectly in aRead More...
Japanese Euonymus, Dwarf Japanese Spindle, ‘Gold Dust’, ‘Aureus’ Euonymus Japonicus ‘Microphyllus’ is a rounded, very compact shrub with small, glossyRead More...
Natal Lily, Bush Lily The Natal Lily are lovely shade loving plants that will produce an absolute spectacle in spring withRead More...
