Articles
Here you will find links to articles about gardening with indigenous plants and different aspects about indigenous plants.
Farewell to Witkoppen Wildflower Nursery
IndigeNews September 2023 Witkoppen Wildflower Nursery’s last newsletter Hello Friends and Plant Lovers, This is the last edition of Witkoppen Wildflower Nursery’s Newsletter, IndigeNews. It is time for me to say farewell to the nursery and our wonderful clients...
May 2023 IndigeNews
IndigeNews May 2023 Witkoppen Wildflower Nursery’s newsletter Hello fellow Gardeners, lovers of indigenous plants and of plants in general, Welcome to our new look IndigeNews. This revamp has come about initially because we have changed our email software vendor to...
Euryops pectinatus
Euryops pectinatus, Golden Daisy Bush or Wolharpuisbos is a medium sized, evergreen shrub with attractive silvery-grey foliage and sunny yellow daisy flowers. They flower almost all year with peaks in spring and autumn, when they can be spectacular. A fynbos plant,...
Erythrina lysistemon
Erythrina lysistemon (Common Coral-tree, Gewone Koraalboom) grows into a medium sized tree with a well-rounded crown. Known for its amazing display of bright red flowers in winter or early spring before the new leaves appear. This Coral-tree is drought hardy, fast...
10 of the Best Bird Plants
10 of the Best Indigenous Plants to Grow to Attract Birds to Your Garden.Almost all indigenous plants will in some way help to attract birds to your garden; after all they and the birds and other wildlife have all evolved together. Plants help provide birds with food...
Butterfly friendly Gardening
The Garden Commodore or Garden Inspector (Precis archesia archesia) is a common garden butterfly in Gauteng. There are two colour forms, the dry season form pictured here, and a wet season form pictured below. Most gardeners enjoy having butterflies in their garden....
Maintaining your indigenous garden
1. Watering. When first planted, you need to water your garden well every 1 to 3 days, depending on the weather. In hot, dry or windy weather you may need to water every day. Rather water well less frequently than poorly more frequently. Before...
Converting an exotic garden to an indigenous garden
A garden that was purely exotic but transformed into a predominantly indigenous garden. The large trees and some of the larger shrubs have not been replaced (yet). Perhaps you, like many gardeners, want to change your garden from being predominantly exotic to...
Organic insecticide recipe
Here is a recipe for an organic insecticide that we have used with some success in the nursery to control Amaryllis as well psyllids (that cause those unsightly ‘bubbles’ in the leaves of many plants, notably citrus, Erythrina (Corral Trees) and Hypoestis...