Trachelospermum jasminoides
January 12, 2018 2:41 pmConfederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine Trachelospermum Jasminoides is an exceptional cultivar that is not grown for its flowers but rather for…
Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine Trachelospermum Jasminoides is an exceptional cultivar that is not grown for its flowers but rather for…
Pearlwort, Irish Moss This is a low, mat-forming plant with tiny green or golden (Sagina Subulata ‘Aurea’) leaves and tiny…
Sedum spectabile is a rewarding, easy-to-grow herbaceous perennial with succulent foliage, which originates from China and Korea. Commonly known as…
Blue Eyed Grass The Blue Eyed Grass is a charming little clump-forming perennial comprising of narrow, sword-like leaves growing to…
Cape Primrose This little, indigenous forest plant, Streptocarpus, was first discovered in Knysna in the 1800s and also occurs naturally in…
Bridal Wreath, Foam of May Normal gardens have been fashionable around the world since the times of early civilisations and…
Photinia x fraseri is guaranteed to bring a blast of colour to hedges. The foliage is the main feature on this…
Creeping Mazus Creeping Mazus is a mat-forming plant with lance-shaped, light green leaves. It produces small, lobelia-like flowers in either…
The Kurume group of evergreen Azaleas were bred in Japan for their cold tolerance, clusters of small flowers in spring and tiny…
Evergreen Candytuft or Perennial Candytuft Iberis sempervirens is a charming little plant for cold, frosty gardens. This Perennial Candy Tuft forms low…
Box-leaved Holly Formal gardens have been fashionable around the world since the times of early civilisations and still today they…
Garden Heliotrope Another striking plant in all its glory at this time of the year is the continuously- flowering Heliotrope,…
Lenten Rose The Lenten Rose is a perennial that forms clumps of leathery, dark green leaves comprised of 7 to…
Rose of Sharon, Rose Mallow and St Joseph’s Rod Hibiscus Syriacus is certainly one of the most spectacular of all the…
The ‘Kumquat’ Tree The ‘Kumquat’ is a most useful and versatile plant that bears attractive fruit. It’s neat, compact growth…
Oleaster Elaeagnus are tough, cold hardy and extremely adaptable small trees or large shrubs that have become popular garden plants…
Our colleague, Gerald Schofield, once described the hybrids of Scabiosa as ‘totally loveable’ plants. Most gardeners agree with his description of this…
The last couple of decades have seen many hundreds of thousands of these leafy Philodendrons absorbed into gardens around the…
Blue Rain Perovskias Perovskias are often underestimated in terms of the great value that they can add to the garden.…
Peony ‘Shirley Temple’ If you live in a very cold area, pretty peonies will brighten your day. Once you have them…
The Metarungia Longistrobus needs little attention, provided that the plants are well mulched and fed with an organic fertiliser twice…