Woolly Paws

Fill up your low-water zones like the gravel garden, rock garden and sunny low-maintenance areas with new and very cute Anigozanthos varieties, also known as kangaroo or cat’s paws.

Two Springboks And A Wallaby!

Two beautiful hybrids have been developed from two endemic genera in the fynbos family, as well as one from a genus endemic to Western Australia.

Shimmering Silver Trees For The Fynbos Garden

Leucadendron argenteum

The pathway DESIGN CHECKLIST

Your foolproof guide to pathway planning

Vertical LIFESTYLE

The Lifestyle College class of 2019 brings us the 2020 Lifestyle Garden Design Show to leave all inspired.

UPWARDS AND ONWARDS: vertical veggie growing

Saving space is not the only reason for growing veggies vertically

From dull to DELICIOUS: HERBS WITH DRY BEANS

Dry beans are a power food second to none, and they ‘beef up’ slow-cooked comfort food like soups, casseroles and stove-top stews. They are also a staple food in many parts of the world, being a rich source of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Half a cup of cooked dry beans contains about 115 calories and provides 8 grams of protein. They also contain phytochemicals that are believed to help prevent osteoporosis, heart disease and some cancers.

Big-hearted for mass planting

If you have large areas in the garden to fill, plant all three of these indigenous perennials: they have everything you need!

Breathless at Bosjes

Spirituality, homegrown expertise and locally sourced materials and labour resulted in a breath-taking landscape that offers relief and comfort to anyone and everyone who visits.

Fabulous ‘Angel Wings'

Senecio candicans ‘Angel Wings’ is sure to catch the eye, whether growing outdoors in the garden or sitting indoors in a pretty pot!

Beautiful white ironwood for medium to large gardens - Vepris lanceolata

The white ironwood is a tall or spreading evergreen tree, usually 7 – 20m high. It has smooth, light greyish-white bark and a rounded crown covered with shiny, trifoliate, lance-shaped leaves with wavy edges.

Basic Styling The Triangle

Most bonsai trees are styled to have a triangular silhouette. This is more obvious with traditional bonsai styles, i.e. Northern hemisphere trees, but is still relevant with our African styles like the baobab and the flat crown. However, sometimes you need a fair bit of imagination to see this triangular shape – it is a bit like seeing the constellations in the stars. Sometimes the shape seems invisible until somebody points it out, and after that you can’t help but see the triangle.

Impressive Quinine Tree For Large Gardens

Tree Of The Month

Make Your Own Garden Gold

The greenest thing a food gardener can do (apart from planting the green stuff) is to make compost. It ticks each box for all the four ‘R’s’: Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose and Reduce.

How To Sow Garden Fairies

This year if you plant only one annual that flowers in late winter and spring, make it a colour cloud of lots of Primula malacoides (fairy primrose).

Herbs For Chicken Take The Herb Path Less Travelled

Is there any culinary herb that doesn’t go well with chicken? Some of the all-time favourites are rosemary, lemon thyme, sage, oregano and garlic. But why not try something different?

The autumn clean up

Just as April is a month for planting, it is also a month for clearing away garden debris to put it to good use in the future, making your garden ready for winter and keeping it free of overwintering pests.

STRONG on structure

The difference between mere vegetation and a space called a garden is structure …

Peppy little peperomias

GROW INDOORS

Meandering palettes

As befits one of the oldest homes in Westcliff, the gracious 3-acre (1.2ha) gardens echo the era of the early 1900’s with their flower-filled borders, dovecote and rolling lawns. But that only tells half the story.

LIVELY LEAVES

Often referred to as zebra plants or peacock plants, calatheas are known for their bold rounded leaves.

Layer your bulbs

BULB NEWS

Plant Your Own Bog Garden

If out of the ordinary is what you’re looking for, look no further than bog gardens and the endless list of quirky, offbeat plants.

Vibrant (and rustic) autumn shades

At this time of year every gardener can enjoy the shapes, rich foliage colours and colourful flowers of these reliable plants.

Good bed-mates!

What you plant together in a bed should look like they were born for each other.

The War of the Roses

The ‘Iceberg’ roses in this marvellous garden have a story to tell.

COVER CROPS FOR THE SOIL

Timeless remedies

HERBS for VEGGIES

Herbs and vegetables that are good companions in the garden often complement one another in flavour when cooked together or used in salads.

A QUICK GUIDE to keeping your ferns alive

‘Pteridomania’ (Fern Fever) is the term coined in 1855 to describe the fern craze that was sweeping across Victorian England at the time.

Superb Boetabessie For Coastal And Water-Wise Gardens

Known by many common names, including bietou, boneseed, tick berry, brother berry, bush-tick berry, boetabessie, bosluisbessie, bokbessie and skilpadkos, this member of the daisy family (Asteraceae) with bright yellow flowers is very well known by its old name, Chrysanthemoides monilifera.