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.

Echinacea Ticks All The Boxes

Rugged beauties, daisies on steroids, call them what you will – Echinacea purpurea, otherwise known as the purple coneflower, is a bold and beautiful perennial for sunny gardens.

Build A Mini Spiral

The spiral symbol represents movement, usually the movement from outer consciousness to inner awareness and peace. In her own quest for peace, Tanya built a mini spiral in her garden.

Stretched & Stressed

Echeverias are so popular with everyone, but sometimes things go sideways…

The Long Garden

We create gardens to nourish our human spirits and satisfy our senses.

Moonstruck!

Pretty in the sun and glowing at night…

3 Glorious Coral Trees Blooming In August

Erythrinas or coral trees are amongst the most colourful and spectacular of our indigenous flowering trees, their vibrant blooms dominating the landscape during late winter and early spring both in the wild and in suburban gardens. The nectarrich flowers are frequented by birds in a wide array of different species, adding to the allure of these magnificent trees. Hybrids and colour variants add to the range found in gardens. Erythrinas propagate easily from seed, cuttings or large truncheons.

Hurry, Up In Hogsback

Take a slow walk through a garden named Hurry.

Chelsea In Pictures

There is a carnival atmosphere at the start of the Chelsea Flower Show.

Get Good Looking Roses This October

Last chance to prune or do corrective pruning

Basic Wiring Techniques

The technique of using wire to change the shapes and styles of bonsai trees developed around the middle of the 18th century in Japan, so as far as the ancient art of bonsai goes it is a fairly new technique.