To ensure longevity, remove all leaves from the flower stalks when harvested, and hang them upside down in a shady spot for ...

Adding a fern to your interiors gives a major garden-inspired theme to your house. Placed in ceramic pots or wooden baskets, ...

If you are looking to attract some welcome pollinators to your garden this year, you may be wondering what are best plant to ...

By choosing suitable replacements for the plants that are problems, we can save trouble in the garden and help protect our ...

If you’re into flowers and vibrant landscapes, the Flower Dome is for you. It’s the world’s largest glass greenhouse, ...

There are few things as spectacular, or beautiful as our African sunsets. The ‘sunset roses’  that mimic this phenomenon of ...

Analysis - Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that ...

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...

A new biotype of weevil has been released at Hartbeespoort Dam, marking its first appearance in South Africa. Speaking to leading experts in the field, Daily Maverick unpacks what exactly biological ...

Fynbos is a special community of plants found only in South Africa. Some of the most famous are the proteas (big, bold flowers), ericas (delicate, bell-shaped blooms), and restios (grassy-looking ...