Flowering Shrubs and Trees for South African Gardens |
Contents
THE CONDITION OF THE SOIL | 6 |
PROPAGATION AND PLANTING | 12 |
GENERAL CARE | 20 |
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15 feet acid areas attractive AZALEAS beautiful berries BOUGAINVILLEA branches bright bush Cape CESTRUM CHINESE HIBISCUS climate climber clusters colour compost COTONEASTER CREEPER dainty dark green deciduous Durban Botanical Gardens early spring early summer easy to grow eight feet Erythrina caffra ESCALLONIA evergreen EVERGREEN SHRUB feet in height flowers in early flowers in spring flowers in summer flowers throughout foliage frost-free garden growth half inches hardy to frost hedge HIBISCUS hybrids HYDRANGEAS inches in length inches long Johannesburg leaflets Leptospermum scoparium MAGNOLIA manure Melaleuca nesophila moist moisture orange oval petals pink flowers planted Podalyria Podranea propagated Protea Red flowers requires rockery roots rounded scarlet shade shape showy shrub shrubs and trees six feet slow-growing South Africa species specimens sprays spread stamens stems Strelitzia reginae sub-tropical conditions summer and autumn sunny position tender to frost three inches thrive tiny transplanted trumpet varieties vase warm waxy white flowers Yellow flowers