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What to do and what not to do in your garden, in September |
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Jasmine
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
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All Regions
It is officially springtime and gardens are filled with the fragrance of
jasmine and yesterday, today and tomorrow, the fruit trees are
blossoming and spring flowering bulbs are looking their best.
September is a most exciting month in the garden and there is a lot to
be done. The weather can still be quite unpredictable with late frosts
in cold regions, so exercise caution before sowing planting pruning or
scarifying your lawn. If you scarify and feed your lawn too early and
the shoots are killed off by late frosts, you would have wasted your
money on all that fertiliser.
Unfortunately as the weather warms up the weeds also start growing
vigorously again, so be sure to weed them out before they set seed.
Insect pests also increase, so keep a vigilant eye out for them and
spray immediately they are noticed with an organic spray.
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Dianthus 'Cherry Picotee'
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Dianthus provides one of the most spectacular year round colour displays in your garden. In their traditional colours of pink, purple, red, white, even bi-coloured, these beautiful little flowers are as striking as they are generous.
These compact bedding plants are grown for the classical beauty of their
flowers as well as for the magnificent show they offer when planted en
masse. With their fragrant blooms they are a must-have in the summer
garden.
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New Amaryllis from Hadeco |
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Amaryllis 'Sonatini Vesuvius'
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Hadeco is internationally known for breeding and growing the best Hippeastrum – commonly known as Amaryllis – in the world.
This spring, they have some particularly fine treats to share – 4 new Sonatini varieties. Sonatini hybrids are true miniatures with blooms between 6 and 12cm across; this may not sound small, but for Amaryllis flowers it is!
What they lack in stature they more than make up for in generosity. Each bulb gives up to 3 flower spikes, crowned with up to 6 delightful blooms each.
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The wild laburnum is perfect for small suburban gardens and townhouses because it has a non-aggressive root system |
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Picture courtesy www.newplant.co.za
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 Wild Laburnum, Geelkeurboom, inDloli, umKhiphampethu, umLalandlovana - Calpurnia aurea
Calpurnia aurea belongs to the pea family and is widespread in the eastern and north-eastern parts of South Africa, occurring from the Eastern Cape, through KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland to Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Limpopo. It also occurs northwards into tropical Africa. It can be found growing in forests, forest clearings and on forest margins; on hillsides and on the edges of woody kloofs, as well as in bushveld. It has attracted the common name wild/Natal/Cape laburnum because its flowers resemble those of the European laburnum.
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The tree wisteria is an ideal tree for a small to medium-sized gardens |
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Pictures courtesy www.lifeisagarden.co.za
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Tree wisteria, Vanwykshout, mogaba, umHolo - Bolusanthus speciosus
The tree wisteria occurs widely in Tropical East Africa from Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and south into north-eastern South Africa. It is widespread in wooded grasslands of the Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal. This tree has been introduced elsewhere e.g. Kenya, Uganda, India and Australia. Bolusanthus speciosus is a protected tree in South Africa and wild specimens may not be removed, cut down or damaged in any way.
The tree wisteria is certainly one of the most spectacular of our indigenous trees, and when in bloom rivals even the splendour of the jacaranda (Jacaranda Mimosifolia), which unfortunately has been classified as an invader species in parts of South Africa. It is a wonderful substitute for the jacaranda, although it is smaller growing and more delicate looking. Its biggest drawback is that the flowers only last a few weeks. However, its graceful weeping habit and attractive glistening leaves make this an attractive tree all year round.
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