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THE SOUTH AFRICAN GARDEN IN JANUARY
Sowing and planting guide |
Indigenous plants indicated in green
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Hardy summer flowering annuals |
If these are sown now the seedlings will stand through the winter and start flowering early next summer. Best results are obtained if sown in seed trays.
- Alyssum
One of the most popular plants for edging and ground cover. Height 7-10 cm. More >>>
- Bells of Ireland
Height 75-80 cm. Large lime-green flowers.
- Candytuft
Can be sown virtually throughout the year. Height 30 cm.
- Canterbury bells
- Cape forget-me-not
Height 30 cm.
- China Aster
- Clarkia
Height 50 cm. Excellent garden flower and useful cut flower.
- Corn flower
Excellent cut flower with long vase life.
- Corn Poppy
- Delphinium
Can be used as bedding and cut flowers. Often grown as an annual.
- Firewheel (Gaillardia)
Drought resistant. Height 60-80 cm
- Flax, red or scarlet
A lovely flower for a sunny border.
- Floss flower
Ideal bedding plant and easy to grow. Plant these for early flowering and superior garden performance.
- Foxglove
Very showy compact plant. Height 75-90 cm.
- Garden mignonette
- Gillia capitata
- Gloriosa daisy
A good cut flower. Height 90 cm
- Godetia
Height 30 cm. When plants reach the 7 to 8 leaf stage, pinch centre out and transplant 25 to 30 cm apart.
- Hollyhock
Tall perennial border plant for sunny backgrounds. Height 150-200 cm.
- Love-in-a-Mist
A border plant also suitable for cutting. The decorative seedpods can be cut and dried.
- Lupin
Available in eight colours. 100 cm flower spikes on 90 – 150 cm plants.
- Monkey flower
- Mourning bride
- Musk flower
- Nasturtium
Good in rockeries and borders. Flowers are edible.
- Painted Tongue
Old fashioned colourful flower suitable for cutting. Height 60 cm.
- Paper daisy
Small green evergreen shrub. Drought and frost tolerant. Height 50 cm.
- Petunia
Early show of multiflora-sized blooms. High-voltage colours. Good in baskets and containers.
- Phlox
Excellent for borders and mass bedding. Seed requires dark conditions for good germination. Germinate as cool as possible. High soil temperatures may inhibit germination.
- Pimpernel (Anagallis)
- Pinks
- Purple Mullein
The first year blooming variety, Southern Charm, offers a blend of creamy yellow, soft lavender and peachy rose shades, each marked with a fuzzy purple "bee". The 60 to 70 cm stems hold florets arranged in pairs over a low-growing rosette of foliage. As the first floret dies, the second blooms, doubling the life of the flower spike. Drought tolerant and sun loving they hold their flowers well.
- Queen Anne's Lace
A fine cut flower.
- Snapdragon
- Statice
Suitable as a cut flower and for drying.
- Sweet Sultan
- Sweet William
- Verbena
Heat and drought tolerant. A popular plant for bedding, rockeries and containers. Cover the seed as darkness aids germination.
- Virginian stocks
A dwarf bushy plant which makes a lovely show during the Winter and Spring. Height 20 to 25 cm.
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