Please Join Me on a Tour Through a South African Garden
We are so blessed to stay in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, where the climate let's us enjoy Mother Nature at her best. I'd love you to join me on a tour of our Highveld garden.
Wild Iris
So where does one start? Our garden is pretty well established and almost everything grows.
We have lots of trees so shade loving plants like the water-wise indigenous Clivias, which grows wild in forested woodland areas in South Africa, thrive in our garden.
The orange and rare yellow clivia flowers
Another indigenous beauty is the the Agapanthus. They have strap-like leaves and produce beautiful balls of purple or white flowers in summer. We're lucky enough to have a rare hybrid that carries a mix of purple and white flowers.
Mixed purple and white Agapanthus
There are a whole bunch of Strelitzias, commonly referred to as the Bird of Paradise or Crane Flower growing in our front garden. Native to South Africa, they prefer full sun and a rich, well-drained loamy soil. Ours only gets morning sun and produces flowers all year long.
Strelitzia or Crane Flower
The indigenous Vaderlandswilg (roughly translated as the Willow of our Fatherland) is one of the biggest trees in our garden. She heralds each season by cloaking herself in the most beautiful colours. In spring her leaves emerge as soft, pale green buds. In summer she wraps herself in dark shady greens and in autumn she dresses herself in yellow, orange and red hues.
Hello Joe
She's our cats favorite climbing spot and the perfect place to cultivate our baby Staghorn ferns. Talking about Staghorns, here's the mommy plant. Isn't she stunning? And the little music frog.
I don't know about you but I really love weird and wacky surprises in a garden, like our giant bird standing next to the Wendy house.
A giant bird keeps watch over the garden
And what would a garden be without some roses and a rusty headboard?
Icebergs and a rusty headboard
I would love to invite you to a full tour on our blog. Come say hi if you get a chance.
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Very beautiful garden, I am envious of the plants you can grow there.
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Thank you Gerry, we are very lucky
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Es hermoso ❤️
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@Maria_irene60 Muchisimas gracias (hope I said that right, thank you very much)
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