Veteran gardeners know late fall is the time to plant spring-blooming bulbs. Everyone is familiar with tulips, iris and daffodils, as well as crocus and hyacinths. Many of these are of European ...

The flowers of sparaxis tricolor hybrids offer large and very interesting flowers at close range. (Handout/TNS) The flowers of sparaxis tricolor hybrids offer large and very interesting flowers at ...

Summer may be waning but its effects are still lingering. After months of no rain, the fields and hills are absolutely dry and we think longingly of fall and the hope of some rain. Despite the dryness ...

If you want your spring garden to be colourful, this is the time to plant annuals. They have many uses in the landscape: massed for visual impact; to attract attention to a particular area; as edgings ...

The climate of South Africa is remarkably similar to that of California, where summers are long and hot and winters cool and rainy. It’s a Mediterranean climate where plants evolved to tolerate a dry ...