This quick checklist is to remind you what to do in your garden in August.
1 Eish! Go for ‘Evka’…
Pelargonium peltatum ‘Evka’ is an ivy geranium with red single flowers and white edged foliage – a fantastic combination that makes this hybrid pop with attractive colour. It has a semi-trailing habit and is ideal for pots, baskets and borders.
Flowering success with all types of pelargoniums relies on at least five hours of sun each day, water only when dry, and feeding as often as every two weeks, as these are hungry plants.
2 Lawns need love now
For the lawn, the low cut, spiking and firm raking, levelling out, generous feeding, and covering with a nutritious blanket of organic lawn dressing is called ‘the spring treatment’ and is normally done in August, while September is still fine for colder areas. This treatment is not recommended for tuft-forming grasses like ‘All Season’s Evergreen’ or ‘Shade Over’ and should only be applied to runner-type lawns like kikuyu and some of the tougher cynodon grasses. Berea or Durban grass should just be mown as you would normally do, before following the rest of the steps for spring treatment.
3 Pruning duties
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2019 من The Gardener.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2019 من The Gardener.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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FIRE AND Feathers!
On a dreary winter's day, a screen of fiery and feathery leaves puts up a fight against dullness!
GET THE ladies in!
At this time of year, early-flowering shrubs vie with each other to get the most attention. We say: Trust those with female names for frills and butterflies. They go the extra mile to flower their hearts out.
Vegetable Soups and dumplings
Vegetables make the most delicious soups and classic combinations are always a winner.
Yummy sweet potatoes for your good health
Boiled, baked or braaied, sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a delicious and healthy winter comfort food. Just a dollop of butter, a little seasoning and you are good to go.
Pretty and functional
If cooking is your main thing, you would probably be more interested in the culinary value of the three herbs and some of their varieties we are describing.
Dried Seedheads & Pods
Autumn and winter are the best times to see what flowers produce the best seedheads that can be left on the plants to feed the birds and bugs and for harvesting for dried arrangements.
SO MANY FACES and so many choices...
Whoever associated a Cotyledon orbiculata (pig's ear) with the ear of a pig obviously did not know about all the varieties and cultivars this species in the genus Cotyledon has.
COLOURFUL Cold Weather WINNERS!
If it comes to a vote, these dependable shrubs will be the top candidates for prime performance in winter and in other seasons...
What makes a garden sustainable?
It is interesting to note that the United Nations defines sustainable development as: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
Nurturing NATURE-The Story of Kraal Garden's Transformation
Nestled within Prince Albert's rustic embrace lies a gem that is a testament to the transformative power of human vision and nature's bounty.
