Black Houseplants
November 8, 2023 2:27 pmSet the mood by adding black houseplants into your home. Many homeowners shy away from the use of the colour…
Set the mood by adding black houseplants into your home. Many homeowners shy away from the use of the colour…
Change is as good as a holiday, as that well-used old chestnut would have it, and fewer places witness change…
Following on from our balcony feature, here are designer Karen’s top choices for container plants that can cope with the…
We love these hexagonal pot plant covers, and the basic shape is so versatile! What You Need 24 x 15cm…
With a few tools, a little reclaimed timber and Woodoc 50, you can make this stunning wall of pots DIY…
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The existence of potted plants as contained gardens must surely stretch deep back into time immemorial. Imagine, if you will,…
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Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana (Kalanchoes), less commonly known as the Widow’s Thrill, is often described as a flamboyant and colourful…
‘Firecracker’ This vibrant plant, Russelia Equisetiformis, is made up of clusters of scarlet tubular flowers; resembling small firecrackers, that provide…
Gladiolus are known for their tall elegance in a garden bed, and as Australian TV personality Dame Edna Everage’s favourite…
Combining the varied colours leaves and textures of these dramatic foliage plants in a pot is not only a good…
Spring and summer inspire potting recipes that are frivolous, flowery and colourful but autumn and winter are seasons needing a…
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Make a splash in a flower bed by adding an old tub for height, planted up with flowers, herbs and…
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A pretty, flowering everlasting, and a collection of bright succulents, were the inspiration for this colourful pot. I wanted to…
Potting Plants One pot with three amazing potting plant options! As spring approaches, most gardeners get the urge to plant.…
Autumn and winter are the best seasons to use pansies to add happy colour to garden beds and pots. These…
The natural habitat of the beautiful forest lily (Veltheimia bracteata) is the forests and coastal thickets of the Eastern Cape.…
In a small garden, you may need only one of these shrubs to screen off your neighbour, the dog’s kennel…
Tweedia Caerulea (also known as Amblyopetalum or Oxypetalum Caeruleum). This is an untidy, rambling, scrambling little sub-shrub from Uruguay that…
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…
Wild Cineraria Senecio is a member of the Asteraceae (daisy) family, which is the second largest family of flowering plants…
Blushing Bride, Pride of Franschhoek First recorded in 1773, the Serruria Florida, a well-known plant belonging to the Proteaceae family,…
In the days when we quickly had to order a few flowering shrubs to fill the instant colour aisles of…
Cape Primrose This little, indigenous forest plant, Streptocarpus, was first discovered in Knysna in the 1800s and also occurs naturally in…
Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis x delacourii is an evergreen shrub with medium- sized, tough, leathery leaves that are dark green, sometimes…
White Wild Sage There is a huge variety of Plectranthus species, most of which are shade lovers. Beautiful dark green…
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Virginia Stock, French Forget-me-Not As gardeners, we are always in search of fragrance so it’s a mystery why the sweetly-scented Virginian…
Cat’s Tail Hebenstretia Dura (family: Scrophulariaceae) is found from the Eastern Cape to the Northern Province. It is a hardy…
Carpet Geraniums True Geraniums or Crane’s Bills – from the Greek word geranos, a crane, owing to its fruit which…
Mother of Pearl plant or Ghost plant The Ghost Plant is a low growing, clump forming succulent comprised of rosettes…
Indian Laurel or Curtain Fig The medium-sized, leathery, lush green leaves of the Ficus Microcarpa plant create the perfect head…
African Milk Tree, High Chaparall, Cathedral Cactus Euphorbia Trigona – a tall, slender and erect succulent from Namibia. The dark…
Sticks of Fire In nature Euphorbia Tirucalli often forms almost indestructible thickets which made it a popular hedge plant around…
Oleaster Elaeagnus are tough, cold hardy and extremely adaptable small trees or large shrubs that have become popular garden plants…
Harebells, Fairy Bells Dieramas are members of the iris family, Iridaceae, and are noted for their graceful, arching sprays of…
The genus Duranta includes a number of tree and shrub species that originate in the tropical Americas and include many…
Foxtail or Cat’s tail Asparagus Densiflorus ‘Myersii‘ (Foxtail or Cat’s tail), which has remained popular for decades. A cultivar of…
Lemon Verbena Lemon Verbena is a popular shrub that was introduced into Western horticulture from Chile and Argentina as long…
Concrete basket DIY What you will Need for Your Concrete Basket • Plastic bowl• 3 lengths ½ inch (12 mm)…
English Daisy The English Daisy is a dainty little perennial often treated as an annual in the warm African climate…
Displays of shelf flower pots on outside walls may be more popular in Europe than here, but it is definitely…
December is the perfect time to celebrate the past year, as well as the festive season, with pots filled with…
This beautiful flowering plant with daisy flowers in a spectacular range of bright colours is still affectionately called cinerarias by…
Urns carved out of stone and earthenware amphorae were used by the Greeks and Romans as drinking pitchers and to…
There is always something lying around the house or the garden shed, or some ‘trash’ tucked away in the rafters…
Syzygium Paniculatum is a well-known garden shrub with a multitude of uses. It is evergreen, has dense foliage, and grows rapidly…
When one browses through magazines and gardening books, especially those from the UK, the pictures of Clematis are always inspiring.…
Strelitzias… Mother Nature’s incredible sculptures! From autumn to spring, when beautiful boat-shaped spathes crested by bright orange sepals and deep-blue…
Coppertone Stonecrop Sedum Nussbaumerianum is an exotic species from Mexico, with unusual, copper-coloured rosettes on slender spreading stems. It is…
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…
Roses don’t need to be re-potted that frequently because they have the ability to regenerate themselves. In winter the many…
Ferns are easy to transplant and benefit from regular repotting into slightly larger containers. They can either be planted singly…
One can fill pots and barrels with bush and king pelargoniums, and fill hanging baskets and window boxes with ivy-leaved…
Osteospermum are very popular late winter and early spring bedding plants, commonly known as Cape Daisies. Many daisy-like plants have…
Fishtail Fern, Fishtail Swordfern Large-frond, the Fishtail Fern (Swordfern), with coarse foliage, forms attractive clumps of cascading habit. It is…
Orange Jasmine The dark green glossy leaves make the Orange Jasmine shrub attractive even when not in flower, but the…
In today’s stressful world, moonlight gardens might just be the antidote we’re all searching for, so spend this month planning…
Making a planter out of pavers is a simple process – you simply glue the pavers together, reinforce the glue…
Starry Wild Jasmine Type: Evergreen Jasminum shrub up to 3m. Form: Creeping or bushy (train long shoots can be trained…
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…
The exceptional beauty and diversity of their floral form make Ericas irresistible to gardeners; these three species are well suited…
Spider Flower Grevillea Lanigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’, or Spider Flower, is an utterly charming, low-growing shrub that copes perfectly in a…
Butterfly Gaura Gaura Lindheimeri ‘Blushing Butterflies’ produces soft pink flowers and has leaves that are light reddish-green and become brighter…
Fuchsia Shadowdancer “Marcia”, “Peggy” The Fuchsia Shadowdancer range is sold under the Proven Winner label. This guarantees that these early flowering…
Blue Freylinia, Waterberg Bell-Bush, Blue Splash, Blue Honey-Bell Freylinia Tropica with its delicate foliage and light mauve to pretty blue…
Dwarf Morning Glory Delicate, petite blue flowers cover these grey-foliage plants for months on end. Evolvulus, heat and drought-tolerant, these…
Poinsettia Euphorbia Pulcherrima is a deciduous large shrub or small tree that has rich green leaves with dentate (toothed) margins.…
Japanese Euonymus, Dwarf Japanese Spindle, ‘Gold Dust’, ‘Aureus’ Euonymus Japonicus ‘Microphyllus’ is a rounded, very compact shrub with small, glossy…
This plant is a ‘dramatic’ ground cover with a cascading habit. Its thin stems are sparsely clothed in silvery-white, round…
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In the olden days, when we were young rookies, the common Cordyline Australis would be the first plant we would…
In the tropical climates around the globe, leaves are often as bright and colourful as the flowers. The hot, humid…
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Japanese Laurel Aucuba Japonica is possibly not the first plant that one would choose if faced with all the beauties…
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