by Wade John Beckett | Aug 28, 2020 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Fairly Cold Hardy, Partly deciduous, Scramblers, Shrub, Sun to Partial Shade, Water in summer
This very appealing and decorative garden plant, x Ruttyruspolia is a partly deciduous, scrambling shrub. Pruning can contain the scrambling habit so that the plant forms a neat shrub. The mauve to deep pink flowers are borne in large clusters. It is a prolific...
by Wade John Beckett | Dec 9, 2018 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Deciduous to Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, Scramblers, Sun to Partial Shade, Water-wise
Besides being an attractive flowering shrub or small tree, Grewia occidentalis is an essential plant for all wildlife friendly gardens. It gets attractive star-shaped flowers that are pink to mauve. The flowers are followed by edible fruit that typically have four...
by Wade John Beckett | Sep 21, 2018 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Evergreen, More Sun than Shade, Scramblers, Semi-Tender, Shrub, Water-wise
Tecomaria capensis, the Cape Honeysuckle, is one of our most colourful shrubs and is a magnet for Sunbirds. This beautiful, free-flowering, evergreen shrub is fast growing, drought resistant and easy to grow. Tecomaria capensis normally has bright orange-red trumpet...
by Wade John Beckett | Aug 18, 2018 | Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Evergreen, Full Sun, Scramblers, Shrub, Water-wise
Plumbago auriculata is one of our most versatile garden plants, that can be used in so many different ways, and it is beautiful. A scrambling shrub with large clusters of attractive, sky-blue or white flowers, Plumbago auriculata has become one of southern Africa’s...