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A Winter Garden

Savanna-style

Along a quiet residential road in the hills above Durban is a sun-drenched savanna-style garden of thorn trees, aloes and wild grasses reminiscent of the Lowveld region around the Kruger National Park, considered by many to be the ‘real’ Africa. It is remarkable how well-established is this young garden.

Indoor Plants for an attractive & healthy home

Indoor plants add a pop of natural colour and texture and an outdoor ambiance that can’t be matched. Add air-purifying abilities, and they become a must-have décor for every room in your home!

Images inspire! Browse our gallery of ideas

LATEST ARTICLES

Tangled Habitats

for Wildlife

The dense foliage and tangled limbs of climbing plants are loved by wildlife of all types as they provide shelter, roosting sites, and food all packed into a small space. And they offer great value to the gardener too.

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Simple Autumn & Winter Containers

The clean lines of these elegant clay pots need no embellishment other than the strappy leaves and white Paint brushes. For sunny areas, try our succulent arrangement.

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Flowering through

May and June

Late autumn and early winter offer a cornucopia of situational and regional pageants for South African gardens. Their value is many-fold: providing wildlife food and adding bright, cheerful colour.

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Kleinia fulgens autumn butterfly food plants

Pink Joy in the Garden

Crassula ovata

This year’s flower display is breath-taking, barely a single leaf to be seen beneath the mass of white and pink flowers resembling an out-sized bridal bouquet.

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Autumn

Fruits for Birds

The autumn months are a crucial time for our fruit-eating birds, and they’ll be on the hunt for ripe berries and fruits before supplies tail off with winter’s arrival.

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Water Wise Design

for Frosty Gardens

This water wise design provides a delicious mix of texture and form, a melding of subtle colours that will change through the seasons!

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Resilient Verge Designs for the home garden

Successfully planted verges provide us with a list of resilent species for our gardens as roadside plants battle challenging conditions to survive.

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Designing for

Water Scarcity

Beyond the drought – what then? Focusing only on drought-hardy planting suggests to me a temporary fix, a way to ease a garden through a current crisis.

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Find many more articles in the Articles Index

Inspiration Gallery

INSPIRATION GALLERY

10 + categories

Perennial Combinations; Shrub Combinations; Wall Gardens, Steep Slopes, and more...

Popular

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Wildlife

WILDLIFE

Plant a Bee Carpet

Imagine a floral carpet fragrant with the scent of citrus, mint & jasmine - rich in pollen & nectar for bees.

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Top 10 Bird Trees for KZN

By Charles Botha.

What would be your top pick?

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Bird nest building mateials South Africa

Autumn Fruits for Birds

The autumn months are a crucial time for our fruit-eating birds, and they’ll be on the hunt for ripe berries and fruits before supplies tail off with winter’s arrival.

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Autumn Butterfly Foods

Autumn butterflies have a single purpose in mind, to mate and lay eggs and, to be successful in this, they require sugar-rich liquid food for energy and a host plant on which to lay them.

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DO YOU NEED A LIST OF SUITABLE PLANTS

FOR SPECIFIC GARDEN SITUATIONS?

Then visit our sister site, The Plant Library, where you'll find

plant info arranged according to garden situations, rainfall and regional areas, flowering seasons, frost incidence, water needs, plant type, habitat, and wildlife attractions.

Hi there, Indigenous Gardeners. From the 24th May 2025 The Indigenous Gardener Web Magazine will be moved to our other site, The Plant Library, and set up as a blog for easy navigation. The move is in progress and a few articles can be accessed here.

A Winter Garden

Savanna-style

Indoor Plants for an attractive & healthy home

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Images inspire! Browse our gallery of ideas

LATEST ARTICLES

Tangled Habitats

for Wildlife

Simple Autumn & Winter Containers

Flowering through

May and June

Pink Joy in the Garden

Crassula ovata

Autumn

Fruits for Birds

Water Wise Design

for Frosty Gardens

Resilient Verge Designs for the home garden

Designing for

Water Scarcity

Find many more articles in the Articles Index

INSPIRATION GALLERY

Succulent Displays

Gravel Gardens

Pathways

Grassland/Meadow Gardens

10 + categories

POPULAR

Begin your Garden with

Easy-care Shrubs

Bold or Pastels

for Summer?

Cape Covers

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14 Trees for

Small Spaces

Looking for indigenous plants for specific areas? Visit our Plant Library

WILDLIFE

Plant a Bee Carpet

Top 10 Bird Trees for KZN

Autumn Fruits for Birds

Autumn Butterfly Foods

DO YOU NEED A LIST OF SUITABLE PLANTS

FOR SPECIFIC GARDEN SITUATIONS?

Then visit our sister site, The Plant Library, where you'll find

plant info arranged according to garden situations, rainfall and regional areas, flowering seasons, frost incidence, water needs, plant type, habitat, and wildlife attractions.

Hi there, Indigenous Gardeners. From the 24th May 2025 The Indigenous Gardener Web Magazine will be moved to our other site, The Plant Library, and set up as a blog for easy navigation.
The move is in progress and a few articles can be accessed here.