Plant list

Heidi grew up in the United Kingdom and never realised that so many of the plants growing in gardens there were of South African origin.

And now she grows them with great success in her own garden! She bought many of the plants at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden just outside Worcester. The indigenous bulbs come from specialist nurseries such as Cape Seed and Bulb and The SA Bulb Company.

Ixia hybrid

Pincushions (Leucospermum spp.) thrive in Heidi’s garden. She says local protea farmers warned them that fynbos – other than pincushions – would struggle to grow in the heat experienced below the high ground of the nearby mountains. Even hardy Ericas were unhappy.