Bees and butterflies will love your garden if you plant 'striking' low-maintenance plants
If you are looking to attract some welcome pollinators to your garden this year, you may be wondering what are best plant to ...
These fascinating plants defy abuse and manage to keep growing, blooming and thriving
I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these ...
10 best bedding plants for pots
You don't have to plant bedding plants in beds – these delightful varieties will bring a cascade of colour to pots and ...
Go wild in the garden with the Safari series of South African phlox, which is not phlox at all
The Safari series of Jamebrittenia plants reach about 12 inches tall with a spread of 2 feet. In the South, those numbers may ...
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How the University of Pretoria is saving the Magaliesberg aloe from extinction
Rare plant experts from the University of Pretoria are spearheading the re-introduction of thousands of critically endangered ...
Southern Living on MSN9d
This Heat-Tolerant Plant Is Perfect For Southern Landscapes
Learn how to grow and care for Ever White™ Agapanthus, a semi-dwarf variety. Get to know the ideal light, soil, and water ...
Lost fynbos seeds from underground ‘time capsules’ in South Africa can grow again – new study
Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...
Mongabay News on MSN1d
Bleak future for Karoo succulents as desert expands in South Africa
Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...
Savannah Morning News22d
Go wild in the garden with the Safari series of South African phlox, which is not phlox at all
Last year was an eye-opening year for me when it came to Jamesbrittenia, a genus of plants with about 83 species mostly from South Africa, Sudan, and Egypt. James Britten, for whom the plant genus ...
Mirage News5d
Living In Eurobodalla: Joan Says, Nip It In Bud
Heads must roll to curb this flourishing garden favourite – seed heads that is.The last edition of Living In Eurobodalla ...
The Citizen14d
Pretoria experts save rare aloe plant by reintroducing it on Mamelodi mountain tops
The project, supported by the Botanical Society of South Africa (BotSoc ... van der Schijff Botanical Garden (MvdSBG). He said the main idea is to reintroduce the plant in places where it ...