The Gardener Magazine

The Gardener is a monthly, national magazine dedicated to inspiring gardeners, providing practical advice and showing step-by-step garden projects. Our monthly features include garden design, in-depth plant features, growing vegetables and herbs, water gardening, garden wildlife and pets, specialist plant articles and much more. We have an extensive database on our website that is growing daily.

WELCOME

Garden GALLERIA • Gear up for Spring

DIRT DIARIES

Liriope – nymph of the shade • The plant liriope, honours a Greek woodland nymph called Liriope, the mother of the vain Narcissus…

CHILLING @CHELSEA • Chelsea was back in all her glory this year, with 36 spectacular gardens, from show gardens to balcony and container gardens, as well as a feast of horticultural delights in the main pavilion.

Dynamite comes in small packages • Perennials may be the backbone of garden beds, but trees should be considered the backbone of the entire garden.

RHS Plant of the Year Agapanthus ‘Black Jack’ • After 18 years in development, all the hard work has paid off and Agapanthus ‘Black Jack’ has made it to the top of the heap by winning the prestigious Plant of the Year award from the Royal Horticultural Society.

Pelargoniums fit for a King • The indigenous Pelargonium grandiflorum (regal pelargonium) is a gardener’s delight with so much visual interest, it can be hard to know where to look.

Pie in the sky? Why not grow your own? • The idea of window box farming sounds delightfully quixotic. Actually, it’s an invitation to those who look longingly at other people’s veggie patch and think, ‘I wish I had the space.’

Globules of Craspedia

It’s primrose time! • A wide range of primula varieties means colour for any shady spot in the garden.

THE HUNT IS ON! Win 1 of 3 Prizes • TO THE VALUE OF R10,000!

Become a lavender boss! • In South Africa, if your lavender has been in your garden for more than two years, well, you’re a botanical boss! If not, we have some suggestions.

Be your own lavender princess • Lavender brings life to the garden with its vibrant purple hues and a fragrance that puts perfumes to shame.

Potted magic

Everblooming Begonias • Houseplant enthusiasts looking for flowering colour indoors can look no further than Begonia elatior.

Green up your shade • A lush lawn in shade is possible with a box of lawn seeds blended specially to trump this condition.

Get your daisies in! • It’s osteopermum time again.

Urban composting • Even in cities, composting can change the way we live.

Your patio is a garden waiting to happen! • No garden? No problem! Here are a few of our favourite products for creating an urban garden.

For sun and shade • We need some princesses, some blondes, and some handsome everillos to light up our darkness and to lead us into the sun once again. Let’s plant them now!

HOW TO GROW Summer Cabbage

ROSE OF THE MONTH

Evening primrose

Checklist

Subscribe and win! • Stand a chance to win a EIGER Knife Set from and get the best help in the kitchen.

Pink dragon scale combo • Some indoor plants are destined to be together, like this Alocasia ‘Dragon Scale Pink’ with its pink stem and this Fittonia sp with its pink spotty leaves.

Stock up on FERTILISERS • Fertilisers can be confusing as we now have access to a wide variety of sophisticated products with specialised formulations.

Veld to garden

Mastering Spring Gardening • Spring is here, which means your garden is going to need some attention!

Large Parthenon Bowl • This Parthenon concrete bowl is large enough to be a focal point on a patio or in your garden.

LUNAR...