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Don’t let looks deceive you! These charming ornamental blooms are harmful and illegal!
We’re flipping the other side of the coin today to discuss 10 culprit plants and weeds that are often kept in gardens for their pleasing or extraordinary looks and ornamental value. But many gardeners do not understand the harmful impact of keeping these buggers in...
How to combine edibles & ornamentals in your garden
Over the years we have written many articles regarding edible herb, vegetable and fruit gardening. We also covered ornamental gardening and landscaping. Never have we written about these two gardening worlds and principles, meeting and becoming one. This blog will be...
Winter gardening woes and how to solve them
We are now at the beginning of our winter months and with the season change, we as gardeners face new challenges in our garden – from the weather itself to the pests and fungi that become prevalent in the winter months. We’re sharing some tips to help solve some of...
Proteaceae 101: A step-by-step guide to growing them successfully
The mighty Proteaceae! Indigenous to the Cape Floristic Kingdom and exported worldwide for their magnificent long-lasting flowers and bracts. Proteas and plants within the Proteaceae family are not a rare sight here in the Western Cape, where they thrive growing in...
10 trendy landscaping plants for low-maintenance gardens you may not know of
Lately, walking through some of the residential projects installed by Contours Design Studio, I noticed some unusual plants making a regular appearance. Many of these you might not know yet, but welcome them into your garden and they will reward you with their hardy,...
Local is lekker: Rare bulbous gems
Today’s blog was inspired when walking through retail nurseries recently and seeing the stands of indigenous bulbs stocked. What was surprising was the amount of unusual, not so well known indigenous bulbs which are available now a day’s, which before one could only...
Local is lekker: Indigenous scented foliage plants
In today’s blog, we will be focusing on indigenous plants whose leaves have different scents when touched, crushed, or bruised. We will briefly discuss the scent characteristics of each plant and medicinal purposes if any. BUCHU FAMILY A family...
Contours favourite 5: Pond, Topiary & Scented plants
Today’s blog is an article with three lists of common gardening situations with five plants or trees listed per topic which we would choose for this situation. These are for each topic the most popular and are not all which you can choose. These three topics are Pond...
Lawn: Which type to choose and how to plant
Today’s blog is a continuation, or rather chapter two of the last lawn blog. The last lawn blog had to do with how to grow lawn successfully throughout the year in different rainfall regions (summer rainfall as opposed to winter rainfall areas). It provided an...
Lawn: Tips to success and how to grow successfully
The topic which we have decided to cover today is how to succeed with lawn. This is a long topic and one which is quite detailed. But once you have the basics and stick with them you should be able to succeed with growing a thick, lush, healthy, disease and pest free...
