I recently visited my friend’s mom who has an almost entirely indigenous garden, transformed in just three years and last year named ‘Runner Up – Best Indigenous Garden’ in the Pam Golding Properties/Home Loans from Absa Gardens of Pride competition.
Creating an indigenous garden can be a daunting task. I have taken a load of photos of this garden and will post them for identification and discussion. Hopefully, this will give us a better idea of the plants we might like to introduce into our own gardens.
First up, a take on wild dagga… Has anyone seen this cream variation before? It was the first time I have come across it.
Wild dagga variations
Wild dagga (cream)
Wild dagga (cream)
this looks good;
http://www.mothercityliving.co.za/20090619/whats-on-cape-town-19-june-09/a/20090617/tuesday-transition-talks-indigenous-food-gardens/
indigenous food gardening, taking indigenous gardens to the next level
thanks for the link brendan, this looks great.
pity this isn’t in Durban as I would be interested in which of our indigenous plants can be added to the pot
Hey mums … did these guys catch you growing dope in your garden??
We had Leonorus Leonotus in our old house. Only thing is, the termites love to chomp the roots, so it died a quick death. Looked striking and everyone would stop to look at it, next thing it dried up and died.
that’s a shame, julia… it is a beautiful plant.. and useful it seems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonotis_leonurus
the colours (both orange and cream) are striking indeed!
hallo mensen ,
ik moet een werkstuk maken voor school over inheemse tuinen maar kan iemand mij even vertellen wat dat is ?
kan t niet vinden en ben geen tuin lief hebber dus weet er niks van
alsvast bedankt doei