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Newin nurseries

Doubledelight

Osteospermum3D‘BananaShake’is a

newdouble-floweredCapedaisythat

bearsstrikingyellowbloomswitha raised

raspberry-redcentrethatlookslikea

pompom.Beingcompactandnicely

rounded,theplantsmakeeye-catching

beddingplantsandcanbeplantedwith

succulentsin containersandin hanging

baskets.Theygrowin well-composted

ordinarygardensoilandshouldreceive

fullsunandregularbutnotfrequent

watering.Onceestablished,theseplants

arefairlydrought-tolerant.

CONTACTballstraathof.co.za

STOCKISTS Builders 0860 284 533, builders.co.za Hadeco 010 140 1300, hadeco.co.za SmartStone 011 310 1176, smartstone.co.za

Urban Freedom 082 561 1111, urbanfreedom.co.za

CompiledbyBeatriceMoore-Nöthnagel

Garden goodies

Hanging

planter from

R90, Builders

2-in-1garden

kneelerand

seatR295,

Hadeco

The Pumphouse pump

protector (81 x 59 x 63.5cm)

R1 697, gardenstuff.co.za

Family Size

greenhouse

(2 x 4m)

R10 999,

Urban

Freedom

FleuvePaver(800x160mm)

R432/m²,SmartStone

GrassBlock (480 x

480mm) R454/m² (left)

and Cosmopolitan

Cobble (100 x 100mm)

R362/m² (above),

SmartStone

In Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants

(Jonathan Ball, R225), author

Ken Thompson reveals Darwin as

a pioneering botanist whose

observations and theories

were ahead of his time and

are only now being confirmed

by modern research. The book

shows how the Victorian

scientist’s groundbreaking

studies on climbing and

carnivorous plants revolutionised

several branches of botany.

A fascinating read.

Pokon vegetable garden

fertiliser (1kg) R160,

Hadeco

Egg pots from R150

each, Builders