
Small Tree Care
August 29, 2023 10:45 amRead in Afrikaans Growing small trees in pots Planting and growing small trees in pots is a rewarding way to…
Read in Afrikaans Growing small trees in pots Planting and growing small trees in pots is a rewarding way to…
Read in Afrikaans Perennials may be the backbone of garden beds, but trees should be considered the backbone of the…
Use the following small trees for screens or to create large hedges. White pear (Apodytes dimidiata) The white pear is…
Lees in Afrikaans Gardens around the globe are shrinking in size, necessitating the planting of smaller trees and shrubs to…
The ‘Kumquat’ Tree The ‘Kumquat’ is a most useful and versatile plant that bears attractive fruit. It’s neat, compact growth…
Oleaster Elaeagnus are tough, cold hardy and extremely adaptable small trees or large shrubs that have become popular garden plants…
Chinese Lantern or Klapperbos Perhaps best known by the Afrikaans common name, Klapperbos, Nymania Capensis is an upright shrub, or…
Revolution Gold, Golden Honey Myrtle, Johannesburg Gold Affectionately known as ‘Johannesburg Gold’ by most gardeners, this has to be the most…
Kōhūhū and Black Matipo Pittosporum Tenuifolium is a small evergreen tree, up to 10m. It is sometimes grown under the cultivar…
Pondo Water Wood Syzygium Pondoense (Pondo Water Wood) is a scarce indigenous species, but with a bit of luck you…
Tree Fuchsia, umBinza or Notsung This small evergreen tree, known as the Halleria Lucida, or Tree Fuchsia, grows to 5…
Blue Freylinia, Waterberg Bell-Bush, Blue Splash, Blue Honey-Bell Freylinia Tropica with its delicate foliage and light mauve to pretty blue…
Honeybells, Honeybell Bush Freylinia Lanceolata is described by some gardeners as a rather wild and untidy plant, but it has…
Bladdernut The Bladdernut is one of those small trees with so many uses in both small and larger gardens. Its…
Japonica, Common Camellia or Japanese Camellia, Sasanqua, Camellia Japonica has dark green, lustrous, leathery leaves and its size varies according to…
Indigofera jucunda is a small tree or scrambling shrub with spikes of small pink or white scented flowers on spikes…