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Viva La Difference
how to prune different rose types
Shopping For The Perfect Tree
Tree planting is about visualising an end result and then having the energy and patience to make it a reality. It’s also about thinking before you plant.
A Love Letter
Can you write a love letter to ensnare a husband (or wife)?
3 Great Evergreen Hedge Plants
Hedges and screens are an integral component of the modern-day garden, offering privacy and in some instances security while affording protection from winds and weather. They may be clipped or trimmed into formal square hedges or else left to grow into informal screens. The plants selected for this purpose are generally quick-growing evergreen shrubs with a dense growth habit, and flowers and colourful foliage are subsequently of secondary importance. Hedge plants need to respond well to regular clipping and continuously make new growth to maintain a long-lasting neat appearance.
Clivias Today
These days clivias are about so much more than just orange.
Get Ready For A New Rose Season
Every September offers the promise that this could be the best ever rose season. Forget last year’s disappointments, because the nice thing about roses is that they are forgiving – every year is a fresh start!
Striking 'Lemon Flame' Veltheimia For Spring Colour
Striking 'Lemon Flame' Veltheimia For Spring Colour
Gardening With Bees
Gardening With Bees
Taking Urban Gardening On Ward
This show stand was a great example of how to make a small space interesting and full of complexity.
A Watchdog's Garden
A large family dog and an avid gardener don’t necessarily make for a peaceful team in any backyard, but there are ways of establishing a truce that can be lived with.
Showy Buttonbushes For The Fynbos Garden
The buttonbush or vleiknoppiesbos (Berzelia lanuginosa) is one of the familiar components of fynbos vegetation, and a member of the family Bruniaceae.
I'm dreaming of a green Christmas
Why not give the gift of greenery this festive season.
A Rosy Christmas
GET THE LOOKSunny patios are the ideal place for showing off roses, especially those with fragrance. This built-in plant box that defines the outer edge of the living area is filled to capacity with roses: ‘Amarula Profusion’ cascading outwards and downwards, ‘Garden and Home’ growing upwards, and ‘Garden Queen’ adding a splash of contrasting colour.
the colours of mexico
when it comes to colour and vibrancy, there’s nothing like mexican garden or patio styles for inspiration. sunny yellow, electric blue, warm oranges and reds are all combined in a colour scheme that shouts bold and beautiful.
an apple a day, the doctor's way...
a while back we were approached by dr nevin stewart, a hobby cider maker from guildford in surrey, england, to see if we were interested in sharing his ‘juice and strain’ method of making apple cider at home. when it comes to apple season there is always a good supply around, and what better way to use them up? what we wanted to verify before publishing is how easy it is to find the equipment you need in south africa, and also how easy cider really is to make. while experimenting with beer brewing for the ultimate braai magazine, we also made good use of the time and made a batch of apple cider, with the help of brad and chris from beer bros. our conclusion? cider is very easy to make, and is very tasty indeed. we’ve adjusted the steps for local products available. this is nevin’s story:
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?
Freesias And Tulips
Breeding experiments turned two bulbous plants from different continents into the late-winter-and spring-flowering darlings of gardeners all over the world.
Striking Cobra Lily For Seasonal Colour
Although commonly called the cobra lily due to its hooded upper petal, Chasmanthe aethiopica is actually a member of the iris family (Iridaceae).
How many koi can I keep in my pond?
To determine how many koi your pond can hold, you need to take into consideration a number of factors.
A Garden Full Of Rooms
When the time has come, the best way to scale down is to surround and enclose yourself with much-loved plants...
Fertility And Friability
Organisms in the soil influence these important performance factors.
Raise The Bar In Your Food Garden
Want to make your veggie garden more productive? Raised beds provide better drainage (which veggies love) and a friable mix that makes it easier for the roots to draw up water, oxygen and nutrients, especially in gardens with clay, sand or very stony soil.
Magnificent Cape Saffron For Small Gardens
The Cape saffron or lepelhout is one of South Africa’s most rewarding evergreen trees to grow.