March Gardening Tasks
March 1, 2024 9:59 amWith the long summer months slowly passing into the cooler and calm autumn days of March, it is time plan…
With the long summer months slowly passing into the cooler and calm autumn days of March, it is time plan…
Read in Afrikaans Nature has provided plants with a number of adaptations to save water. Choose succulents and plants with…
Following on from our balcony feature, here are designer Karen’s top choices for container plants that can cope with the…
The size is diminutive, but the appeal is ginormous! If you are amped to start a collection of succulent plants…
Citrinus Little John, Bottlebrush, Hot Pink, Endeavour A beginner gardener who cannot decide which flowering shrub to buy, won’t regret…
Silver-foliaged plants are mainly planted because of their functionality – they are mostly heat and drought tolerant due to hairy…
A pretty, flowering everlasting, and a collection of bright succulents, were the inspiration for this colourful pot. I wanted to…
Plant lovely containers to match specific water zone needs. Responsible gardening hinges on good water management to get the best out…
In a small garden, you may need only one of these shrubs to screen off your neighbour, the dog’s kennel…
Pearlwort, Irish Moss This is a low, mat-forming plant with tiny green or golden (Sagina Subulata ‘Aurea’) leaves and tiny…
Mother-in-Law’s Tongue Sansevieria trifasciata is a tough, hardy and enduring succulent from Africa is making a strong fashion statement in…
Dune Crowberry The Searsia Crenata is a spreading and stocky coastal plant with a rounded shape. It survives against all…
Sedum spectabile is a rewarding, easy-to-grow herbaceous perennial with succulent foliage, which originates from China and Korea. Commonly known as…
Forest Bride’s Bush, Weeping Bride’s Bush Pavetta is a hardy, evergreen shrub with dense glossy green leaves and large, dramatic…
Candy Stripe, Alpine or Moss Phlox As its common names imply Phlox Subulata is a real little rock plant. It…
Garden Heliotrope Another striking plant in all its glory at this time of the year is the continuously- flowering Heliotrope,…
Tasman Flax Lily Dianella Tasmanica, commonly known as the Tasman Flax Lily is a grass-like, evergreen perennial that provides a…
Revolution Gold, Golden Honey Myrtle, Johannesburg Gold Affectionately known as ‘Johannesburg Gold’ by most gardeners, this has to be the most…
Jockey’s Cap Lily, Mexican Shellflower Peacock Flower, Tiger Iris, Tiger Flower There is something rather mysterious and wonderful about a flower that lasts…
Milk Thistle The spectacular Milk Thistle is huge, eye-catching and drought tolerant! Its massive rosette of white-marbled, seriously prickly, deeply…
Plant: Selago Corymbosa Type: Dainty shrub, 60cm.Form: Upright growth with feathery foliage.Flowers: A fine mist of delicate lacy white flowers…
Fairy Fan Flower One Australian perennial that contributes a new hybrid almost yearly is Scaevola Aemula, and sometimes the new…
Our colleague, Gerald Schofield, once described the hybrids of Scabiosa as ‘totally loveable’ plants. Most gardeners agree with his description of this…
Carpet of Stars The Ruschia lineolata is a tough succulent is a versatile ground cover which produces masses of pretty…
Planting up a beautiful pavement garden is usually the last item on a gardener’s agenda, yet such a garden can…
New Zealand Flax If flaxes, like the New Zealand Flax, should ever go out of fashion, we gardeners will sorely lament…
Blue Rain Perovskias Perovskias are often underestimated in terms of the great value that they can add to the garden.…
One can fill pots and barrels with bush and king pelargoniums, and fill hanging baskets and window boxes with ivy-leaved…
Large paved areas in a garden can be very boring and one unfortunately often ends up inheriting spaces like this…
Peony ‘Shirley Temple’ If you live in a very cold area, pretty peonies will brighten your day. Once you have them…
Ophiopogon, or Mondo Grasses have thin, curved, ribbon-like leaves and grow in dense tussocks. They are evergreen, exceptionally hardy, produce…
Orange Jasmine The dark green glossy leaves make the Orange Jasmine shrub attractive even when not in flower, but the…
Hostas have always been useful perennials for shade gardens, especially very cold gardens. This is perhaps why, over the years,…
Falling in love three or more times a day (and not getting into trouble) is a distinct possibility when you…
Spider Flower Grevillea Lanigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’, or Spider Flower, is an utterly charming, low-growing shrub that copes perfectly in a…
River Star The beautiful river star is a shining light amongst other greenery with its silvery foliage. Its size is…
Wild Fire Blanket Flower Gaillardia or Blanket Flowers, are perennial daisies. They are valued for their extended flowering season, blooming…
Blue Freylinia, Waterberg Bell-Bush, Blue Splash, Blue Honey-Bell Freylinia Tropica with its delicate foliage and light mauve to pretty blue…
Yellow Daisy Bush, Honey Daisy Euryops Pectinatus is an indigenous yellow daisy bush that will give you immense joy with…
Japanese Euonymus, Dwarf Japanese Spindle, ‘Gold Dust’, ‘Aureus’ Euonymus Japonicus ‘Microphyllus’ is a rounded, very compact shrub with small, glossy…
Mexican Fleabane, Latin American Fleabane, Santa Barbara Daisy, Spanish Daisy, Karwinsky’s Fleabane, or Bony-tip Fleabane. Erigeron Karvinskianus is an inexpensive, evergreen diehard that will…
Umkokola, Kei Apples, Kai Apples, or Kau Apples Kei Apples have dense, glossy, oval leaves with a leathery feel –…
Day Lilies Day Lilies are shrugging off their image as simple, ordinary garden plants. They are still hardy and easy…
Holly-Fern, Japanese holly fern Handsome and single stemmed, this Holly Fern with robust, shiny foliage, is sometimes confused with cycads and…
In the olden days, when we were young rookies, the common Cordyline Australis would be the first plant we would…
Japanese Laurel Aucuba Japonica is possibly not the first plant that one would choose if faced with all the beauties…
