The Gardener - May 2023

In this issue

Heading for winter, there are flowers to brighten up the veggie garden, African houseplants to add to your indoors and a big and beautiful plants to discover in the world of horticulture. It's time to plant Asian greens and to make solar lamps for the pathways - we show you how with loads more to keep gardening this month.

A signature garden

A live painting couldn't be this pretty! Majestically unveiled, this gorgeous traditional garden has been thoughtfully planted to create living rooms brimming with colour and texture.

4 mins

Advances in Horticulture

The horticulture industry is vast, varied and always improving. Its history can be traced back thousands of years to the period when humans began transitioning from huntergatherer lifestyles to more settled communities.

3 mins

African houseplants

If your home is filled with houseplant favourites like monsteras and fiddle leaf figs, you may be looking for something a little different to add to your collection. No need to look beyond the borders of our continent there are many proudly African houseplants great for growing indoors for complete newbies or experienced plant parents.

5 mins

Winter leaves

& Full of flavour, easy to grow and good for you let. us sow some greens.

6 mins

WINTER FLOWERS FOR THE VEGGIE GARDEN

Winter veggies need full sun, and that can be a tall order for small or high-density properties

8 mins

Good luck charms

While travelling though our country, you can often find groups of Zantedeschia aethiopica with their large green leaves and white spathes standing tall in a wetland or marshy area where the rhizomes take advantage of the wet conditions and rich soil which keep them evergreen.

5 mins

Glamourise containers

Escallonias have always been used as large background shrubs in mixed beds or planted as hedges. Although we love them to bits, we would not exactly call them glamorous but rather... trustworthy!

1 min

Earth Stars of the plant world

These little plants (Cryptanthus species) are the stars of the Bromeliaceae family

1 min

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The Gardener Magazine Description:

Inspirational, practical, informative South African magazine on all areas of gardening including plants, gardens, garden tasks and creative DIY projects we also promote people new ideas about gardening through publsihing in our magazine, we also publish in other language.