Clik here to view.
Strelitzia nicolai
(Camera Canon EOS 550D - Sheffield, Ballito, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)The Natal Wild Banana (Strelitzia nicolai) grows up to 12m high and 4m wide. It is an evergreen tree with multi-stems that form...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Merry gardening Christmas 2018!
There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling! Hope you have a wonderful gardening Christmas this 2018! And...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Hope is at the center of the gardener’s soul
Hope is at the center of the gardener’s soul. We hope the seeds will sprout. We hope the plant will bloom. We hope for tasty tomatoes. We hope for better weather. This coming year, plant dreams, pull...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plectranthus verticillatus
Plectranthus makes an ideal hanging basket subject(Taken in my Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa garden) Common names: gossip spurflower, money plant, swedish ivy, skindersalie (Afr). Also called the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
There you will find me...
... on my knees, in the garden, sprinkling handfuls of Marigold seeds in the moist soil.It's summer and what could be more blissful than lovingly tending to your flock of flowers? Just like our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where the wild grass grows
This was a corner in my Gauteng garden at my wildlife pond where I allowed the indigenous wild grasses and weeds to grow wild. It was a real haven for small wildlife, birds and insects. All the trees...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The blossom is spent...
A Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) in an Acacia karooThose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Starburst!
Flowers of Syzygium australeLooking much like a fireworks display, Syzygium australe has many common names that include brush cherry (because of the bright red berries it produces), scrub cherry, creek...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Planting love
Thought for the day ...David Hobson said, "I grow plants for many reasons : to please my soul; to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience; for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Invasive species - Pom-pom weed (Campuloclinium macrocephalum)
Following the tractor around on our smallholding in Tarlton, Gauteng (south Africa), I also get a chance to ‘rescue’ small wildlife and flowers, giving the driver strict instructions to ‘go around’ it....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strelitzia reginae (Bird of Paradise)
(Pic taken with my iPhone 6s Plus in Sheffield, Ballito, KwaZulu Natal)Strelitzia reginae, the crane flower or bird of paradise, is indigenous to South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Black Karee (Rhus lancea)
Rhus lancea, or Black Karee as it is commonly known (and now called “Searsia lancea”), has the habit of growing in weird shapes if not pruned, the branches sometimes bending in upon itself, giving it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This is the reason I garden...
... so that I may share my love of flowers with the world.
View ArticleClik here to view.
There you will find me...
... … on my knees, in the garden, sprinkling handfuls of Marigold seeds in the moist soil.It’s heading for summer and what could be more blissful than lovingly tending to your flock of flowers? Just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
This is my new garden 🌵
Hi ya all! Long time no see! I am not deceased (although it felt like it for a while. Well, 2 years...) and I haven't left the country. We've settled into our new home here in KwaZulu Natal after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shade-loving Aloe zebrina
Family : AsphodelaceaeCommon names : zebra leaf aloe, spotted aloe As soon as I get some shade going in my ‘new’ garden, this will be one of the first Aloes I will be getting. Also on my list, but for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In the garden - I drop my thoughts here and there
In the gardenI tend to drop my thoughtshere and there.To the flowersI whisperthe secrets I keepand the hopesI breathe.I know they are thereto eavesdropfor the angels. I have this lovely little fern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spider plant
Bottom left corner—Tradescantia and opposite it, some Hen & Chicks (also known as Spider plant). Behind that, one of my Spekboom (Portulacaria afra).I read somewhere that the Spider plant, or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carpobrotus
I used to have stretches of this wonderful ground-cover in my last garden. This easy-to-grow succulent, native to South Africa, is a wonderful ground-cover, ideal for low-maintenance and water-wise...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Echeveria harmsii
Family : CrassulaceaeBotanical Name : ECHEVERIA harmsiiPlant Common Name : Plush PlantThis soft little fuzzy succulent has beautiful leaf color that adds interest to small gardens and pots. It is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Evening gardening
I love being in the garden just after sunset when it's cooler (the Coastal heat can really get to me) and I think the plants agree. Even the Chlorophytum (Hen & Chicks or Spider Plant) is perky...
View Article