Gardening in South Africa

Perennial plants are wonderful additions to the landscape. While trees and shrubs may act as the bones of a garden, perennials provide the muscles that hold everything together. The season-long statement they offer is unmatched, as you can plan and...

Dating back 140 million years Proteas are considered to be among the oldest families of flowering plants on the earth. Sadly, today nearly half of South Africa's Proteas face extinction, with some wild populations having dwindled to a single individual!

Proteas are instantly recognisable and sold worldwide for the cut flower industry. People are instantly enchanted wi...

There are flowers we admire because they are beautiful, and there are flowers we admire because - once we understand them - we realise just how extraordinary they are. There are flowers that are useful. There are flowers that are culturally and nationally important, historically significant, paleontological salient, economically valuable, ecologically essential, and flowers t...

Key strategies for growing vegetables during long hot and dry seasons include; improving soil health and mulching, implementing water-saving methods, making smart plant choices, and intercropping.

For vegetable crops, water is most critical during the first few weeks of development, and immediately after transplanting. Once your seedlings are established you c...