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January 31, 2019
•January 31, 2019•

5 WAYS TO USE PLUMBAGO

Plumbago auriculata is amongst the most commonly planted indigenous shrubs in local gardens. Available in blue and white flowering forms they grow in a range of different climates. Good in hot, dry areas but adapt to damper cooler regions with relative ease. Damaged by cold winter frost but plants often re-grow from the roots in this...
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•January 31, 2019•

PLANTING ON HOT DRY BANKS

Many gardens are faced with the challenge of containing and obscuring hot and dry banks where erosion is a constant problem. In many instances these situations are dealt with by building retaining walls with interlocking concrete blocks. These leave spaces for planting between or inside each block. Alternatively consider this method where no structures have...
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•January 31, 2019•

DAY LILIES

Hemerocallis hybrids or daylilies as they’re commonly called are amongst the most reliable of all the many perennial plants for local growing conditions. They form bold clumps of lush green foliage and are generous in the large blooms that appear from early summer through to autumn. Each flower lasts just a day or two but...
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•January 31, 2019•

ALL ABOUT MOTHER-IN-LAW’S TONGUE

Sansevieria is the botanical name of a group of succulent plants of African origin that go by many different common names – bowstring hemp, devil’s tongue and snake plant along with the well-known mother-in-law version are bur some of them. The most commonly cultivated species is Sansevieria trifasciata that originates from Central Africa. Various different...
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