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Succulents
•June 25, 2025•

A Winter Garden in Bloom: Celebrating Aloes and the Magic of Indigenous Colour

As proud sponsors of the Open Midlands Gardens, Blackwood’s was thrilled to see this year’s programme branching into new territory.  For the very first time, winter gardens have been on show, and what a celebration it’s turned out to be! One garden, in particular, has captured the hearts (and cameras) of visitors:  the Hackland Aloe...
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•April 24, 2024•

Aloes

In many parts of the country, aloes are one of the most noticeable plants in the winter landscape. Most of our local indigenous aloes and many new hybrids bloom during May, June and July, bringing life and colour to gardens and natural areas. Bright flowers, rich in nectar, entice birds and insects to visit in...
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•May 19, 2022•

Sedum prealtum

BOTANICAL NAME:  Sedum prealtum COMMON NAME:  Shrub stonecrop   DESCRIPTION:  A bushy shrub growing in excess of half a metre tall and equally as wide.  Fleshy, oblong, yellowy-green leaves are held in rosettes atop fleshy branches.  In spring, branched clusters of bright yellow flowers lend an eye-catching blaze of colour to the landscape. CULTURAL INFO: ...
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•February 2, 2022•

Portulaca oleracea

BOTANICAL NAME:  Portulaca oleracea COMMON NAME:  Purslane Succulent groundcover with brightly coloured flowers for hot, dry areas. Easy to grow.  Long lasting.   DESCRIPTION: A wide-spreading succulent groundcover with rounded, flat leaves on fleshy stems.  They usually last a few years in warmer areas, but are frosted in colder climates, where they are treated as...
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