A Gallery of Silver
July 23, 2019 10:30 amLees in Afrikaans Silver- or grey-leaved garden plants are mainly planted because of their functionality – they are mostly heatRead More...
Lees in Afrikaans Silver- or grey-leaved garden plants are mainly planted because of their functionality – they are mostly heatRead More...
Lees in Afrikaans Gardens around the globe are shrinking in size, necessitating the planting of smaller trees and shrubs toRead More...
In a small garden, you may need only one of these shrubs to screen off your neighbour, the dog’s kennelRead More...
Cotton Lavender A compact-growing shrub with fine, feathery white or grey leaves of short and slender stature. Golden flower headsRead More...
Common Houseleek, Hen and Chickens, St Patrick’s Cabbage A low, mat forming succulent comprising many rosettes of attractive grey-green leavesRead More...
Winter Daphne Daphne Odora Aureomarginata has a delicious and unique fragrance that, once experienced, will never be forgotten. This isRead More...
Mexican Orange Blossom The Choisya Ternata is a compact, evergreen shrub with a neat and tidy growth habit attaining anRead More...
Chinese Lantern or Klapperbos Perhaps best known by the Afrikaans common name, Klapperbos, Nymania Capensis is an upright shrub, orRead More...
Climbers are Opportunists that will try every Trick in the Book to get your Attention. Climbers cling to and twineRead More...
Hostas have always been useful perennials for shade gardens, especially very cold gardens. This is perhaps why, over the years,Read More...
Tree Fuchsia, umBinza or Notsung This small evergreen tree, known as the Halleria Lucida, or Tree Fuchsia, grows to 5Read More...
Spider Flower Grevillea Lanigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’, or Spider Flower, is an utterly charming, low-growing shrub that copes perfectly in aRead More...
Butterfly Gaura Gaura Lindheimeri ‘Blushing Butterflies’ produces soft pink flowers and has leaves that are light reddish-green and become brighterRead More...
Wild Pear Dombeya Rotundifolia, one of the most attractive and reliable of the indigenous trees suitable for suburban gardens, hasRead More...
This plant is a ‘dramatic’ ground cover with a cascading habit. Its thin stems are sparsely clothed in silvery-white, roundRead More...
Holly-Fern, Japanese holly fern Handsome and single stemmed, this Holly Fern with robust, shiny foliage, is sometimes confused with cycads andRead More...
Snow-in-Summer This plant is covered in masses of white, star-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer, hence its commonRead More...
Spiky Fescue or Bearskin Fescue Festuca Gautieri has fine, bright green blades and grows to about 20 x 20 cm. A stretchRead More...
