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Rolling Out The Royal Purple

Purple may be an uncommon colour for garden flowers, but there are some spectacular indigenous plants that you can use to bring it into the garden.

Mandevilla, Or Is It Dipladenia?

Call them what you will, these freeflowering plants just get better and brighter as new hybrids make their mark.

Leafy Potted Plants For Swimming Pools

Leafy Potted Plants For Swimming Pools

Food For Body And Soul

There’s no more scenic food garden than the magnificent Werf Food Garden at Boschendal.

Tough And Versatile Spekboom

Portulacaria afra

Living Room Through Seasons

Be inspired by colour, recycling and edible gardening.

Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop Of Horrors

Understanding Diatomaceous Earth

Do away with bugs the natural way.

Types Of Bees

Bees are classified according to common character traits.

Shaping Dreams

I just want a beautiful garden, nothing more and nothing less.

A Spectacular Coral Tree

Erythrina lysistemon.

Jumbo Koi

Having jumbo koi in your koi pond is highly sought after, and they are amazing to own. They look like giant submarines cruising around your pond.

New Trends for Shade

Stumperies make a comeback

Heaven Scent Indigenous Plants

I magine sitting in your favourite spot in the garden. Now add the sweet scent of wild jasmine wafting on the breeze, and the nutmeggy, spicy scent of Cape may that you’ve just brushed past. In this way, clever placement of scented and aromatic plants can bring enchantment to your garden. 

The Family Herb Garden Herbs To Keep Dad Happy And Healthy

Herbs can easily become part of our daily lives because they have so many different uses.

Getting To Grips With Paving

Paving an area can transform it, and it’s quite simple to do yourself. Here are some points to keep in mind to make your paving job perfect.

Patterns In Pavers

Laying pavers seems so easy and fun that anyone could do it.

Restios Have Soul And Style

For graceful movement in the wind, turn to the Cape reed family.

Great Expectations

Pruning various roses for maximum yield of blooms.

Orchids In The Home

Don’t be intimidated by these exotic beauties.

A Family Affair

From mother to daughter. This is a delightful story of how a talented young woman has successfully built on the foundations of a gracious garden laid down by her equally gifted mother.

New Year's Resolutions

GET THE LOOK Come hither: There’s nothing more alluring than when a garden beckons from behind a gate, especially if the gateway is framed with roses. The terra cotta pot on the one side of this entrance contains ‘Garden and Home’ as the main feature, with ‘Granny’s Delight’ spilling over the edge and blue lobelia tucked in for extra colour. Other roses that would work just as well are ‘Avril Elizabeth’, ‘Clocolan’, ‘Candice’, ‘Crimson Velvet Dress’, ‘Remember Me’, ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Sunny Ayoba’, ‘Easy Does It’ and ‘Perfumery’. On the other side of the entrance, ‘Deloitte and Touche’ peeps shyly around the corner, while standard ‘Iceberg’ roses, with their abundance of blooms, entice one into the main garden and provide a dazzling contrast to the cerise bougainvillea and purple Solanum rantonnetii. Instead of ‘Iceberg’ try ‘French Panarosa’ or ‘Lioness GrandiRosa’. If you are wanting to kick-start the new year with a special garden project, perhaps this will provide the inspiration.

Gardening For The Birds

Encouraging our feathered friends to the garden is popular these days.

Spectacular Ninepin Heath For Fynbos Gardens

The ninepin heath was first described by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in 1771, in his tome Mantissa Plantarum.

Breeding Koi

Great satisfaction can be found in rearing your own koi stock

Living Wall Art

These innovative planters brighten up a dull wall.

Dwarf In Size Huge In Flower Power

These prize performers produce masses of flowers over a long period.

Fine Planting Is Fynbos!

Heritage plants like proteas, pincushions, blushing brides and cone bushes are common sights in garden centres nowadays, so there’s no excuse for not planting some of your own.

Cascading Plants For Indoors

Growing plants add a special dimension to the interiors of homes and offices. Usually those with plain green or sometimes variegated leaves are the easiest to grow in the low light and less humid conditions found indoors. We’ve selected three of the easiest and simplest indoor plants that perform admirably in a wide range of conditions. All they need is regular watering when the soil is dry to the touch and a splash of plant food every 4-6 weeks, and they’re styling.

5 Easy-To-Grow Indoor Flowering Plants

If you’re a gardener and a mother, chances are you’ll receive an indoor flowering plant for Mother’s Day. The timing is good, because it doesn’t take much effort to keep the flowers going through winter, and who knows what this winter will bring?