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THUNBERGIA ALATA
As winter wanes and our thoughts turn to spring and puddles of warming golden sunshine, a coastal garden pulls on its itsy bitsy teeny weenie orange-pink-yellow polka dot bikini! Against a lapis lazuli sky, the colours are clear and oh so cheerful!
Anno Torr
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ECHOES OF NAMIBIA IN THIS TINY SPACE
The client’s brief to landscaper Jenny Dean was simple: change a tiny corner of their tiny Hillcrest estate garden to resemble a snapshot of their Namibian break – red-tinged boulders to resemble a rock wall, gravel to echo stony ground, and a smattering of succulents and grasses in between.
Anno Torr
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Design a Rockery for year-round interest
Do you have a slope or bank ready to be dressed more creatively than the default retaining wall blocks or mown lawn? An eye-catching cocktail dress rather than a comfortable pair of jeans; a brightly coloured pashmina to replace a worn monotone windbreaker? Aside from adding a beautiful feature, this style detail/ element increases the sustainability of the garden too, for it saves on lawnmower fuel, provides level planting pockets for better water penetration, and provides h
Anno Torr
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Successful Verge Plants offer updesign ideas for Resilient Gardens
Thriving verge designs translate well into resilient home gardens. Successfully planted verges, for example, offer up a list of resilient species for our gardens as roadside plants battle challenging conditions to survive
Anno Torr
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Neat, Easy-care Screens for Cape Gardens
Tough, evergreen hedges and screens, either formally clipped or allowed to take on a looser form, are critical components to help deflect and filter the famous Cape winds.
Anno Torr
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How to Choose Your Groundcovers
Many perennials and bulbs ‘cover’ the ground effectively and are often included in this plant category, but, for this article, we focus...
Anno Torr
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Start your Garden with easy-to-grow, water-wise Shrubs
Spring is the optimal time to establish plants in the summer rainfall regions; we’re a month in, so let’s get cracking. We’ll begin...
Anno Torr
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Creative Designs with Aloes
“People will stare. Make it worth their while”, proclaimed award-winning marketing expert, Sally Hogshead, to advertise a famous...
Anno Torr
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Set your African Garden Ablaze
Mention the word succulent, and many people envision a desert -like design. Not so! The garden pictured here is alight with color year roun
By Jenny Dean
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Nature's Paintbox
Senecio barbertonicus creates height at the top of the bank. A small to medium size shrub with a neatly rounded shape it has bright green n
Anno Torr
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Fabulous Fusion
Succulents jostle with each other in this vibrant show softened by the inclusion of grasses. The drooping fronds of grasses and the grasslan
Anno Torr
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