my aloe garden

Four different  rock gardens  Build a rock garden against a wall Rock garden wall built standing alone Flat rock garden a  full garden size rock garden The wall standing alone...

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Windhoek Namibia. Meet Kambi the kudu doe with her innocent eyes and long eye-lashes.  The feral cats on the farms form bonds with the cattle and horses in the stables.  They catch rodent...

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THE ALOE GARDEN LOOKING BACK OVER TIME AND DIFFERENT SEASONS. The aloe succulent water saving garden all rolled into one effort,  the first year after we planted it. That was a busy time....

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ALOE BARBERAE TREE ALOE  Aloe barberae below is not from a harsh habitat and an easy tree aloe to grow in a garden. The range of this aloe is a broad coastal zone from East London in South A...

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 ALOE LITTORALIS  TREE ALOE   GROWING IN OUR ALOE AND SUCCULENT WATER SAVING GARDEN ALOE LITORALLIS IS A TREE ALOE THAT MAY GROW AT LEAST TO 3 METER HIGH.  IT IS SPECIAL IN THAT IT BLOOMS...

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                  TREE ALOES  Few gardens have the space or very strict conditions to grow these extraordinary "tree aloes", but it is worth the space and trouble.  These plants ne...

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A new book, on Limestone Fynbos, published  by the Duiwenshok Conservancy. (not a profit organisation!) Limestone Fynbos is an intriguing flora that occurs on our southern coast, wherever th...

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KALANCHOE BEHARENSIS  is a tree size succulent plant from Madagascar.  It keeps up the Kalanchoe legacy that is:   hardy and it grows very easy from leaves or pieces of stem. Photo a...

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THE KALANCHOE GENUS  vary from odd to interesting and beautiful succulent plants.  For the most part popular.  However there are a few species that are very hardy and grow  easy from leav...

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FEED ME The theme in our garden is aloes with other water saving plants to keep it interesting.  Maybe "WATER WISE GARDENING" fits the theme better. Any succulent and drought resistant plan...

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EUPHORBIA SPECIES It is extraordinary how many Euphorbia there are and how much they differ from each other.  The only way to know they are related is by the  flowers. Here is a photo of th...

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Orange slime for Gisela. If you have some info on this then we can add it here.  Let me know if you want the larger photos and I will email it to you. I saw it only once - early morning.  By ...

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EVER CHANGING SCENES IN THE GARDEN.  After I took the photo I realized how much the scene changed. Seeing it every day it seems to be the same. The aloes are Aloe gerstneri in front and you need...

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THIS ROCK GARDEN IS EXCELLENT FOR A VERANDA, BALCONY OR INDOOR. The plants are in pots hidden by the stones. To reduce the weight on a balcony -  place polysterine foam around the pots whi...

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Trusting you are enjoying the festive season  and WISHING YOU A HEALTHY JOYFUL NEW YEAR. Take a look what I found in the garden for xmas.   It is a member of the Dandelion family.  ...

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THE GARDEN CHANGES IN TIME AND SEASON.  Take photos of the garden in the same way as taking photos of kids growing up. It is not obvious from day to day,  but looking back on the photos there ...

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THE BACK DOOR GARDEN WITHOUT A LAWN. THAT WAS A WISE DECISION. Way back we reached a point where keeping the lawn healthy and green became too much of a task. At that point we received notice ...

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Aloe speciosa the aloe that turns it's rosette facing to the north. The size of the raceme is 43 cm long and 27 cm around. That is not remarkable for this species but it is very pretty on�...

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There is something nice and not so nice in all seasons. Our winters are wet, but mild with brightly colored wild flowers. Welcome! new visitors to our blog. We are at home in the south west...

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This nest of the  malachite  sunbird Nectarinia famosa can be right in your face and it will still be invisible. We have two sunbirds on a regular basis in our garden in the Western Cape.  The...

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Like most hobbies there is just as much fun in the getting as in the having.  It is exciting to plant small portions of our hobby garden at a time.  Afterwards  we enjoy the memories how and w...

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SNAIL DAMAGE IN THE GARDEN.You can not win, get used it.. This morning was a lovely cool morning, one of  the last cold fronts over the western cape before  the long hot summer. I stroled t...

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ALOE ARBORESCENS IN HABITAT. Aloe arborescens  has a very wide  distribution from the eastern side of  the Cape peninsula up through the  eastern regions of Mozambique,  Zimbabwe ...

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THE CRICKET KNOWN AS A CORN CRICKET.  ACANTHOPLUS DISCOIDALIS is a species in the katydid family.  The mature cricket like the one which is drinking beer with us is the  most often seen in ...

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HANGING ALOES ARE ADAPTED TO A PENSILE LIFE. These aloes are growing suspended as a rule and not because the seeds got stuck on a ledge. Many aloe species grow well on mountain slopes. As long as...

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