Managing Your Garden The Water Wise Way
August 19, 2024 12:53 pmDespite being the 30th driest nation in the world, most of our gardens are not planned with water conservation in…
Despite being the 30th driest nation in the world, most of our gardens are not planned with water conservation in…
With the long summer months slowly passing into the cooler and calm autumn days of March, it is time plan…
Gardening for the plants, the pets and the planet We may not like to admit it, but gardening is an…
Dune Crowberry The Searsia Crenata is a spreading and stocky coastal plant with a rounded shape. It survives against all…
Common Houseleek, Hen and Chickens, St Patrick’s Cabbage A low, mat forming succulent comprising many rosettes of attractive grey-green leaves…
Desert Spoon The Desert Spoon has a thick, short trunk. The leaves are a cool, grey colour with spiky, dry,…
Galpinii, Bowkerii, Tomentosa and Petersiana Pride of de Kaap The Bauhinia belongs to one of the world’s largest plant families,…
Foxtail or Cat’s tail Asparagus Densiflorus ‘Myersii‘ (Foxtail or Cat’s tail), which has remained popular for decades. A cultivar of…
Strelitzias… Mother Nature’s incredible sculptures! From autumn to spring, when beautiful boat-shaped spathes crested by bright orange sepals and deep-blue…
Milk Thistle The spectacular Milk Thistle is huge, eye-catching and drought tolerant! Its massive rosette of white-marbled, seriously prickly, deeply…
Blue Rain Perovskias Perovskias are often underestimated in terms of the great value that they can add to the garden.…
Falling in love three or more times a day (and not getting into trouble) is a distinct possibility when you…
There are a number of tough waterwise characters that thrive in containers and love being out in the midday sun.…
Japanese Laurel Aucuba Japonica is possibly not the first plant that one would choose if faced with all the beauties…
Hen-and-chicken Fern Hen-and-chicken Fern, Robust and stout, this fern has fronds resembling carrot leaves upon which plantlets are produced at…
