If you like odd looking plants!
If you like odd looking plants, nothing can beat Haemanthus albiflos more commonly known as the ‘Shaving Brush plant’. It is the most commonly available of three evergreen species of Haemanthus hailing from coastal areas of the southern Cape through the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is one of those plants that [...]
It’s ginger time again!
At this time of year Gingers and Dahlias are some of the most prolific showstoppers here at the Exotic Garden though gingers in particular are still a rare sight in most people’s gardens which is a shame as they are as tough as Dahlias when left in the ground over winter! I don’t say this [...]
Going crazy over Bromeliads!
Visitors to the Exotic Garden regularly ask me what is my favourite plant or group of plants. This is a question that I always find difficult to answer as I love all plants and usually say the one I am looking at right now! Every year some plants in particular do really well or are [...]
It can’t be autumn already!
Thank you to all those who braved the road works outside my garden entrance over the last two Sundays; you did well to find the garden! Thankfully all the work is now finished and ready for you to visit the garden over the Sundays to come.
The evenings are really pulling in now and it is [...]
A rather cool mid August at the Exotic Garden…
Congratulations to all those that actually made it to the Exotic Garden last weekend, you all deserve a prize for making your way around the diversions set up to get you here! For those who don’t know, the road surface is being renewed on a several hundred yard stretch outside the entrance to the garden [...]
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