Succulents: Water Warrior Heroes
October 10, 2023 10:54 amRead in Afrikaans Nature has provided plants with a number of adaptations to save water. Choose succulents and plants with…
Read in Afrikaans Nature has provided plants with a number of adaptations to save water. Choose succulents and plants with…
Water is the driving forceMaintaining a beautiful garden needs water. It is, however, a scarce and increasingly expensive source that…
A beginner gardener who cannot decide which flowering shrub to buy, won’t regret choosing one of the Callistemon (Bottlebrush) hybrids.…
Help your Roses to Keep their Cool • Hot nights bother the roses more than the heat during the day.…
Container Plants Instant gardening with pretty plants and a variety of containers immediately raises the spirits, and this month garden…
Wild Cineraria Senecio is a member of the Asteraceae (daisy) family, which is the second largest family of flowering plants…
Sandsteenvygie The Sandsteenvygie is a ground cover that will stand up to the hottest days of our summer and still…
Carpet Geraniums True Geraniums or Crane’s Bills – from the Greek word geranos, a crane, owing to its fruit which…
Sticks of Fire In nature Euphorbia Tirucalli often forms almost indestructible thickets which made it a popular hedge plant around…
African Daisy, Gousblom, Silver Arctotis, Kusgousblom Arctotis is a fairly large genus of about sixty species within the daisy family…
Galpinii, Bowkerii, Tomentosa and Petersiana Pride of de Kaap The Bauhinia belongs to one of the world’s largest plant families,…
Social Garlic, Wild Garlic The hardy and easy-to-grow Tulbaghia Violacea has always been a very popular indigenous perennial, grown for…
Expect a lively concert from the garden wildlife if, perchance, you end up alongside a Tecoma Capensis, or Cape Honeysuckle…
Read in Afrikaans From autumn to spring we know we do live in paradise. This is when the beautiful flowers…
One Australian perennial that contributes a new hybrid almost yearly is Scaevola Aemula, and sometimes the new release differs only…
One can fill pots and barrels with bush and king pelargoniums, and fill hanging baskets and window boxes with ivy-leaved…
Common Coral Tree, Lucky Bean Tree Erythrina Lysistemon, the Common Coral Tree, is deciduous, but it has the delightful habit of…
There are two species of Coleonema that feature prominently in most South African gardens. Coleonema Pulchellum, or the white confetti…
