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Flowers
•September 26, 2025•

Why SunPatiens Are a Game-Changer in Summer Gardens

When most gardeners hear “impatiens,” they think of shady beds, dappled light and plants that wilts under full sun. Enter SunPatiens® — a modern hybrid impatiens bred to withstand more sunlight, higher heat and humidity and yet still deliver lush, nonstop colour from spring right through to the first frosts. In short: SunPatiens let you...
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•September 20, 2024•

Essential Spring Rose Care Tips

Spring is such an exciting time in the rose garden and for most rose-lovers, it’s one of the best seasons of the year.  It’s that time when all those new fresh, reddish-purplish leaves appear on rose bushes. The warmer weather and the longer days encourage lovely new growth.  Since it’s the beginning of a new...
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•April 24, 2024•

PINCUSHIONS

Pincushions originate largely from the Western Cape, but have proved to be excellent garden plants in many parts of the country including, Pietermaritzburg and the surrounding areas. Follow the correct planting and aftercare procedures and your garden can be filled with a spectacular array of these lovely shrubs. Full sun and well drained, acidic soil...
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•May 13, 2022•

Dwarf Tea Bush

BOTANICAL NAME:  Leptospermum scoparium ‘Cherry Brandy’ COMMON NAME:  Dwarf Tea Bush   DESCRIPTION:  A low-growing evergreen shrub with tiny maroon to purple leaves on compact branches.  During late winter and early spring, small single cherry red flowers are densely packed on the bushes.  They attain a mature height of little over a metre and have...
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