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ZeldaW — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:42:40 +0000

Hi Spriggers

The attached pix are of a plant someone gave me as a slip. It’s been in a pot in a shady spot for more than a year, so I forgot about it. I think it’s a Pelargonium but which one? Can anyone assist? The leaves are bright green and soft, (not sharp in the photo).

Kind Regards, Zelda Wahl

Durbanville Garden Expo & Open Gardens

ZeldaW — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:33:16 +0000

Avondale Gardens, 40 Protea Way, Durbanville Cape Town.

30-31 October 2010 – 09h30-16h30 — R20 pp

All in the beautiful surroundings of 8 acres of lawns, trees, pools, organic potager & orchid house.
Enjoy refreshments in the tea garden under the trees and buy unusual plants, wireworks, garden décor and organics.

Book for talks/demos on plants, floral design, photo workshops and visit open gardens in the surrounds of Durbanville. A weekend for the Garden enthusiast!

Visit our website for more info: www.durbanvillegardenclub.co.za

Contact Zelda 0828880210 or Gordon 0835833379

Kindly note: No dogs allowed

Durbanville Garden Expo

ZeldaW — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:43:05 +0000

The forthcoming garden expo and open gardens event will be held in Durbanville on 30-31 October this year. Here is a press release to download.

Creative containers from recycled junk

ZeldaW — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:09:08 +0000

Hi Everybody

Feedback from the lecture on ‘Creating treasures from junk’ at our garden club meeting last week. Some examples of painting plastic pots and an enamel dish with Echeveria.

Zelda

2 pictures from Zelda Wahl

ZeldaW — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:16:31 +0000

Hi Everyone Hope this will be appropriate! As chairlady to the Durbanville Garden club, it’s my duty to come up with speakers and new subjects to talk about at the monthly meetings. So I have chosen the theme ‘Creative ways with Junk’ for our next meeting on Mar 10th. Now this is where all you creative folks come in. I’m looking for ideas of containers that you may have found in the garage that can be re-cycled into a plant container imaginatively. I have shown two samples: The green basket is a peg basket that holds a Chrysanthemum in a pot and the other is in an enamel mug. I need ideas before next week Tues, so get those creative juices going and think out of the box.(Better still, throw the box away!) NB Please don’t send ideas to plant in a toilet or old boots!

Aloe for ID submitted Oct 2009

ZeldaW — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:06:03 +0000

I submitted a photo of a flower of an aloe in Oct last year. I have managed to get hold of a stem of the plant that may assist in the positive ID of the Aloe. Have a look.

Finally an ID for Zelda’s post

ZeldaW — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:06:15 +0000

Hi All, finally got a positive ID on the strange looking Arum. It’s called Arum palaestinum. Common names Black calla, Solomon’s lily or Jerusalem lily. Found the ID in ‘The South African What Flower is That?’ by Kristo Pienaar. Thanks to all.

ID on unknown plant please

ZeldaW — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:02:48 +0000

This plant came up in a friend’s garden. Could someone please identify for me. I think it is exotic so it doesn’t matter where it came up but for interest’s sake I live in Durbanville , Cape Town. Hot dry summers, wet winters. This photo was taken late August, which is still very cold and rainy in our area.

Unknown Plant

Bridget Kitley at the Durbanville Garden Expo

ZeldaW — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:19:35 +0000

Bridget Kitley, bubbly personality of TV program ‘Free Spirit’ that is an expert on herbs, gave a talk at the Durbanville Garden Expo in CT over the weekend.

Indigenous Impatiens

ZeldaW — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:39:41 +0000

Just had to share this plant. It is Impatiens hochsteterii. Indigenous to our country. Likes fairly light open shade. It seems to only grow from seedling and not from cutting. Has anyone had experience with these indigenous plants or had any luck with propagation from cutting. I have managed to salvage seedlings but they are battling.