Fashionable succulent plants are everywhere now! You’d be forgiven for thinking that gardening is unaffected by fashion. Indeed many gardens are laid out to reflect times past and to be a place [...]
I’ve been fortunate in visiting South Africa many times but still the sight of the Namakwaland Desert blooming eluded me. The Northern Cape, close to the border with southern Namibia, is [...]
I love to push the boundaries and grow exotic bedding plants! But what do I mean by exotic? I guess the term exotic covers most of the plants in our gardens but I’m referring to those that [...]