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Hydroponics 101

Is hydroponics right for you?

Hop, Skip And Jump Into Spring

There is no colour combination that better says spring has arrived than purple and yellow. A pot filled with shades of purple with a touch of pink and contrasting yellow screams, “Look at me! I’m beautiful and I will flower all season!”

Herbs For Pork

Chicken or beef? Besides being the choice on those long overseas flights, that is usually the choice we make when drawing up the weekly menu plan for the family.

Dynamic Disease Control

This particular bacterium is one of the good guys, keeping fungal outbreaks under control.

Discussion - The Ethos And Inspiration Of Bonsai

Agriculture, husbandry and working with plants are some of the oldest pursuits of mankind.

Gardens Within

Old trees, expansive lawns, bulging borders and lightly controlled wildness contrasting with formality, all encompassed in a series of garden rooms – this is the essence of Stellenberg Gardens.

Summer's Most Colourful!

The hardest-working flowers in the summer garden all have these key elements in common: they should be easy to grow, heat tolerant, kind to your water bill and supply brilliant colour for many months. Here are three that fit the bill:

Welcome Back Summer's Best-loved Flowers For Shade

The fast-filling bedding Impatiens walleriana, which all but vanished from summer shade gardens, is back, and without the risk of dying from downy mildew.

Taming The Wild At Chelsea

Part Two of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Simple Sun-lovers

Hello sunshine! That’s the cheerful greeting you get from marigolds, and what better tonic is there than a bed, border or container filled with these cheerful flowers.

September Is For Salvias

There is no better way for your garden to scream ‘spring’ than with salvias.

Pride And Joy! Pincushion

Don’t give up on pincushions just because you think you live in the wrong place!

Passion Flower

The passion fruit might be the most famous Passiflora species, but there are many more glamorous ornamental options.

It's All About The Flowers: Coaxing The Best Blooms From Your Roses

Next month is Rose Month, when the roses need very little encouragement to bloom their heads off. That may be so, but with the right treatment in September the roses will delight not only in October but can also be set up to flower well for the rest of the season.

Indoor Colour For Spring

Bring the spring feeling indoors with lilies, early-flowering roses and begonias that are as colourful as any spring bedding plant. They all grow well indoors and can be planted outdoors to extend their summer show.

Colour In The Sky!

Hanging baskets are the purest joy of spring gardening.

Beautiful Asparagus Berries

Among the numerous species of Asparagus found in South Africa, many have long, sharp spines that make them a challenge to work with in the garden.

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.

Nursery School Part 2

Sow the seeds of a lifelong love for nature by introducing your sprouts to these playful and rewarding projects with plants.

Trimming & Training

Get your climbers looking good, and your garden off to a good spring start.

Eco Tricks To Combat Snails

Snails can become pests in the garden, especially when they eat all the lettuce leaving little for the human family.

On My Watch!

I have come to the conclusion that I have grown too old to be a grandmother…

10 Fun Garden Ideas To Try This Year

10 fun garden ideas to try this year

An Introduction To ‘Biologicals' In Gardening

Gardening is biology, revolving around the biological processes of growth and life. For millions of years, plants have thrived and grown successfully with no human intervention.

Compost Making On A Shoestring

There is a cheap way to turn fallen autumn leaves, lawn clippings and other organic material that has been cut into smaller pieces into valuable compost for your garden without the need to actually make a large compost heap or buy a proper composter.

Superb Bride's Bush For Small Gardens

Members of the genus Pavetta are dwarf shrubs or small trees belonging to the coffee family Rubiaceae, and there are about 400 species, spread over tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Australia.

Taming The Wild At Chelsea

What was evident in all the gardens was our relationship with the natural world and why ‘wilding’ is becoming so valued...

Welcome spring… with violas

Violas are irresistible. They are petite, fragrant, flowers without any fuss and come in every colour of the rainbow.