by Wade John Beckett | Jan 21, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Large shrub or small tree, Partly deciduous to evergreen, Plants with thorns, Sun to Partial Shade, Water-wise
Dodyalis caffra is a large shrub or small tree with a dense crown. A deciduous to evergreen, large shrub or small to medium tree with a dense crown. Dovyalis caffra is a thorny plant that is often planted as a security hedge. The apricot sized fruit borne on...
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 29, 2019 | Bird Friendly, Bulbous plants, Cold Hardy, Deciduous, Partial Shade, Water in summer
The Scadoxus punecius, Red Paintbrush, Rooikwas or isiphompo, is a very beautiful plant in flower. The large, bright red flowerheads of Scadoxus puniceus must be amongst the most spectacular in the floral world. The flowers are followed by another spectacle when the...
by Wade John Beckett | Oct 29, 2019 | Articles, Bird Friendly, Gardening
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...
by Wade John Beckett | Sep 24, 2019 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Fairly Cold Hardy, Full Sun, Medium to Large sree, Partly deciduous to evergreen, Water-wise
A beautiful Schotia brachypetala, Weeping Boerbean or Huilboerboon, tree grown on a pavement in Sundowner, Randburg. This tree gets covered in flowers most years. One of the showpiece trees of our bushveld, Schotia brachypetala, Weeping Boerbean or Huilboerboon, is...
by Wade John Beckett | Jun 13, 2019 | Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Evergreen, Partial Shade to Full Shade, Shrub, Water in summer, Water-wise
Turraea obtusifolia, the Small Honeysuckle-tree is a very ornamental shrub well suited to gardens. It is evergreen with shiny, dark green leaves. It has fairly large, white flowers that are clustered amongst the leaves through the summer months. The fruit is a round...
