Clivias are in flower now. Visit your local nursery and clivia shows across the country to buy
more plants to brighten up your shade garden. Don’t be tempted to divide existing plants too
often as the clumps prefer to be left undisturbed for years.
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Plant a deciduous Wisteria
sinensis to climb over your
pergola. It loves cold climates
with winter frosts, it blooms
in spring and will supply cool
shade in summer.
Gardeners lucky enough to
live in the warmer areas should
remember to plant Petrea
volubilis (purple wreath),
a semi-evergreen shrub or
creeper that produces sprays
of violet-blue flowers in spring.
You will find the very
fragrant and evergreen
Jasminum polyanthum (white
or pink jasmine) in full flower at
nurseries in spring. Plant one
or more of these evergreen
twining climbers, which first
produce pink buds in late
winter and early spring, soon
followed by clusters of sweetly
scented, star-shaped white
flowers.High alert: Clivias^ are^ blooming!
Heavenly
creepers
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Petrea volubilisLearn how to plant clivia seed