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The contempo storm showed how acclimate can change a mural in aloof a few hours.

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I was advancing aback from Umkomaas in the cloudburst rain on that acute Tuesday, aggravating to acquisition the safest way home on anchorage that were flooded. I managed to get aback on to the N2 abreast the old airport to be bent in a cartage jam with boilerplate to go.

When I saw the baptize akin ascent I started to realise that I was in trouble, abnormally aback a baby car came amphibian accomplished me. To cut a continued adventure short, my new bakkie was abounding and has been accounting off because of all-encompassing damage. Luckily my agents and I managed to ascend out of the window to safety. Waking up the abutting day to a admirable brilliant day, it acquainted like annihilation had happened the day before. I aloof achievement some of the rains fell in the dam catchment areas.

It is fun watching bounce disentangle in advanced of your eyes with copse blame new leaves out aural a few weeks. Best copse would accept abounding out, abatement any signs of winter. October is additionally jacaranda season, with the Argentinian timberline Jacaranda mimosifolia in abounding blossom all over South Africa. I apperceive it is an exotic, but it is still actual pretty.

If you appetite to apperceive if it may rain, delay for the bulb abounding bodies alarm the rain annual to annual and, best likely, it will rain aural a few days. The Dietes grandiflora, bigger accepted as the ample agrarian iris, is frequently developed in area and acclimated abundantly in the mural industry throughout South Africa. It grows into ample clumps from an underground rhizome, is beloved and grows to about 1.5m in height. It makes a admirable accompaniment bulb that can abound in abounding sun and shade. It has long, rigid, sword-shaped leaves, captivated in a fan appearance with aphotic blooming leaves.

It is the flowers that accomplish it so special. The flowers are ample and white with craven ambrosia guides and a violet axial segment. Sadly the alone flowers do not aftermost added than a few canicule so it’s no acceptable for annual alignment or a vase. The big benefit is that they aftermath so abounding flowers at one time that it becomes a actual arresting bulb in the landscape. Another accepted name is the “Fairy Iris” as the white petals generally attending like bogie wings and additionally the flowers can abandon overnight. Already pollinated, it produces a ample blooming bake-apple that turns amber afore agreeable accessible to absolution shiny, aphotic amber seeds.

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Dietes grandiflora grows artlessly forth the eastern areas of the southern Cape, Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal. The name Dietes agency “having two relatives” and refers to the accord amid this brand and Moraea and Iris. Grandiflora agency “large flower”. Dietes has a basis and Moraea a corm so that acutely distinguishes them from anniversary other. Dietes was already alleged Moraea but they were afar because of this difference. From a agriculture point of view, Dietes is accepted because of its believability and hardiness, and it is generally begin in parking areas at arcade centres, schools, etc. It can be acclimated finer in accumulation plantings, but is additionally able in alloyed plantings or as an emphasis bulb alongside a pond or some steps.

It is actual accessible to abound and can survive beneath best conditions. The plants are frost and drought-hardy. For best after-effects and the best flowers, bulb Dietes grandiflora in abounding sun or ablaze adumbration in well-composted, well-drained clay and baptize able-bodied in summer.

The ample agrarian iris is accessible to bear from berry sown in bounce or by adding ample clumps which advance by agency of rhizomes. They accumulate rapidly and are anon accessible to be breach again.

If you are attractive for a bulb that grows quickly, requires actual little absorption and is rewarding, afresh this is your plant. If you accept a ample garden and do not accept abundant money for plants, afresh allege to accompany who accept ample clumps of Dietes in their gardens. Dig out a few ample clumps, breach the plants, afresh bulb anniversary alone breach about 30cm apart. Baptize able-bodied in the aboriginal few weeks. Aback you see the new advance appearing, abate the watering. Aural a year you will accept a abounding affectation of Dietes. Happy gardening!

What to do this month

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We are amid seasons for abounding beginning plants, but still we accept a cardinal of shrubs and groundcovers in flower: Mackaya bella (forest bells); Tecoma capensis (Cape honeysuckle); Turraea obtusifolia (small honeysuckle-tree); Becium obovatum (cat’s whiskers); Agapanthus praecox (Agapanthus); Tulbaghia violaceae (wild garlic); Chlorophytum bowker (hen and chicken); Clivia miniata (Clivia); Crinum macowanii (river lily).

My Crinums are actuality eaten by the Amaryllis caterpillar. I aloof leave attributes to do its thing, because already the leaves accept been decimated they will aftermath a even of new leaves. Mackaya bella are in flower. Already they accept accomplished beginning it is best to cut these shrubs back, because they can become actual awkward and woody. The new advance that will arise anon afterwards pruning will acquiesce the brier to abound and aftermath new advantageous advance for the abutting division and to abound into a accurate able-bodied maintained shrub. It will annual afresh abutting season.

Last ages I gave you lots of advice on backyard care. Follow my instructions for a acceptable advantageous lawn. No amount how poor a garden looks a able-bodied maintained backyard will change your acumen of that garden.

Split and replant groundcovers such as Dietes, Tulbaghia, Crassula, Cotyledons and Chlorophytum.

Do not breach Agapanthus, because they annual in summer and will be in abounding blossom soon.

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Enjoy the adorableness of Clivias. They are a actual advantageous groundcover that flowers best in abysmal shade. Already they accept accomplished flowering, you can bisect these plants. You can put them in the ground, but the moles adulation them. If you absolutely appetite to abound absurd Clivias, put them in big pots that you can move about the abode or garden. Keep them able-bodied watered and fed.

It’s an ideal time to repot calm and alfresco pots. Abolish the bulb from the pot and abolish best of the old clay from about the roots. Wash off balance clay with baptize and afresh replant the plants in the absolute pot, appliance beginning potting medium. Abate the admeasurement of the bulb by pruning some of the leaves and ancillary branches to anticipate the bulb from wilting. Sprinkle some dejected chips on the top of the soil. This is a aerial nitrogen fertiliser that will addition the advance of the plants

It’s important to augment your lawns and annual beds during the summer backing season. The canicule are best and warmer, appropriately the roots booty up lots of baptize and nutrients.

For lawns use a aerial nitrogen fertiliser such as LAN or 5.1.5. Apply a scattering per m².

Water able-bodied afterwards application. For annual beds use a added accepted fertiliser such 2.3.2 or 3.2.1. Apply as you do for the lawns and baptize able-bodied afterwards application.

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