Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants

Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants – A South African Guide (Revised Edition) is an invaluable handbook for South African gardeners. This comprehensive guide aims to popularise the use of indigenous South African plants in gardens, parks, on roadsides and anywhere exotic plants were previously preferred.

Covering more than 300 plants, all illustrated by stunning full-colour photographs showing whole plants plus selected features such as flowers, fruit, leaves and bark. Each entry includes plant descriptions, usages—including medicinal uses and folklore snippets—plus cultivation advice. Introductory chapters cover propagating plants from seeds and cuttings, gardening in different climate regions, and using indigenous plants to attract birds and insects.

Taking a practical approach using symbols, distribution maps, plant size and flower colour, the authors guide readers to choose correct plants for specific applications, whether tree, shrub, annual, perennial, climber or water-loving plant.

This all-inclusive book is essential for gardeners, horticulturists, landscape designers and anyone involved in the South African nursery industry.