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Asparagus Ferns

November 25, 2022 8:12 am Published by

Fern-likes of the forest. The genus Asparagus includes very decorative indigenous species and varieties that are popular houseplants or handy…

Silver-Foliaged Plants

July 23, 2019 10:30 am Published by

Silver-foliaged plants are mainly planted because of their functionality – they are mostly heat and drought tolerant due to hairy…

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Searsia crenata

January 11, 2018 1:11 pm Published by

Dune Crowberry The Searsia Crenata is a spreading and stocky coastal plant with a rounded shape. It survives against all…

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Solanum Rantonnetii

January 11, 2018 12:54 pm Published by

In the days when we quickly had to order a few flowering shrubs to fill the instant colour aisles of…

Pavetta lanceolata

January 8, 2018 2:27 pm Published by

Forest Bride’s Bush, Weeping Bride’s Bush Pavetta is a hardy, evergreen shrub with dense glossy green leaves and large, dramatic…

Photinia x fraseri

January 8, 2018 1:52 pm Published by

Photinia x fraseri is guaranteed to bring a blast of colour to hedges. The foliage is the main feature on this…

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Cussonia Paniculata

December 15, 2017 1:07 pm Published by

Highveld Cabbage Tree or Kiepersol Cussonia Paniculata, the ‘Highveld Cabbage Tree’ or ‘Kiepersol’, is a small, decorative and evergreen tree,…

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Philodendrons

September 2, 2015 8:48 am Published by

The last couple of decades have seen many hundreds of thousands of these leafy Philodendrons absorbed into gardens around the…

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Ophiopogon

September 1, 2015 12:17 pm Published by

Ophiopogon, or Mondo Grasses have thin, curved, ribbon-like leaves and grow in dense tussocks. They are evergreen, exceptionally hardy, produce…

Hemerocallis

April 23, 2015 6:52 am Published by

Day Lilies Day Lilies are shrugging off their image as simple, ordinary garden plants. They are still hardy and easy…