Gardener’s Guide Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa
Title | Gardener’s Guide Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Glenice Ebedes |
Publisher | Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 2017-03-10 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 1775844595 |
This handy pocket guide introduces local gardening enthusiasts to some of southern Africa’s most beautiful, beneficial and easy-to-care-for indigenous plants, giving guidance on how best to use them and how to ensure that they flourish. It offers: a selection of 145 garden-friendly, low-maintenance trees, shrubs and bedding plants perfectly adapted to our local soils and weather conditions, text that’s direct and simple, Full-colour photographs that show plant details and ‘in context’ planting, Icons indicating at a glance whether a species is evergreen or deciduous, frost-hardy, suitable for a sunny or shaded position, fast or slow-growing, water wise, fragrant and attractive to insects or birds. An essential handbook for easy-care beautiful gardening.
Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Title | Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Briza Publications |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN |
This book covers more than 300 plants, all accompanied by colour photographs showing the whole plant as well as selected features such as flowers, fruit, leaves and bark. The text comprises a description of each plant, location maps, its usages - including medicinal uses - and advice on cultivation.
Indigenous Plant Palettes
Title | Indigenous Plant Palettes PDF eBook |
Author | Marijke Honig |
Publisher | Quivertree Publications |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2014-11-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1928209823 |
At last: a South African how-to with everything you need to know to create a dream indigenous garden. Accomplished landscape designer and botanist Marijke Honig puts forward the fundamentals in this comprehensive reference that is at once inspirational, practical and easy to use. This book is all about choosing the right plants for a particular space and purpose in your garden. Marijke shares her vast bank of knowledge and experience to help you assess the conditions in your garden, select the perfect plants and grow them successfully. The book is divided into three clearly organised, superbly illustrated sections, which together provide all the information you need to plan and plant a flourishing garden entirely suited to its setting and climate.
Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa
Title | Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Glenice Ebedes |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Plants, Cultivated |
ISBN | 9781775844587 |
The Gardener's Guide to South African Plants
Title | The Gardener's Guide to South African Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Pitta Joffe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 376 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Indigenous Healing Plants
Title | Indigenous Healing Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Joan Roberts |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Herbs |
ISBN | 9781875093823 |
Aloes in Southern Africa
Title | Aloes in Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Gideon Smith |
Publisher | Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2011-11-05 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1920544445 |
Aloes are stately succulent plants that capture the allure of the African savanna. Aloes in Southern Africa explores the character and biology of African aloes, their habits, characteristic features and distribution in nature. It details 58 aloe and related species, cultivation and propagation, gardening styles and plants that flourish in different regions, plus medicinal, cosmetic and culinary uses. Whether you are starting a garden, redeveloping one or simply looking to expand your knowledge of these fascinating succulents, Aloes in Southern Africa will prove an invaluable guide.