It was around the middle of October 2007 when the truck pulled up outside my childhood home. We were moving from the house that both my mother and her siblings, and my brother and I, had grown up in and
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With hard papery petals that retain colour long after the stem has been cut and the flower has dried, strawflowers are magical blooms that look gorgeous whether in the garden, in the vase, or used in a dried flower wreath.
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Nothing quite says summer is here than having a mixed colour pallet of zinnias in your garden bobbing their heads happily in the heat. Of all the summertime blooms that you can easily grow from seed, zinnias are the perfect
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One of the most recognizable flowers in South Africa, the agapanthus is a Lowveld staple, used in home gardens and shop gardens to add a touch of cool blue during the usually stinking hot summer months. My own journey with
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I love the burst of colours of a Kaapsehoop spring. That clear mountain air, the dense mist and the rain showers, in between days of heat and humidity, bring forth the most spectacular spring blooms. White calla lilies, bushy pink
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Leeubekkies, or Snapdragons (Antirrhinum) as the rest of the world knows them, are the flowers I didn’t know I needed in my garden. They come in the most vibrant of colours, some of which blend into each other, they grow
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Nigella, also known as Love in a Mist, is one of the most unusual and breathtakingly beautiful plants I have ever grown. Everything about this plant is stunning. It has the finest, softest leaves, the most incredible flowers with an
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Growing up on a hectare of land in town, I have plenty of fond memories of my beloved grandmother pottering around the garden pruning roses, watering hydrangeas, dead-heading flowers, and planting new ones. My brother and I were the second
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