Trees For Small Gardens South Africa

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Trees for small gardens south africa.

Creamy white sweetly scented blossom appears in spring. Trees for small gardens pyrus salicifolia elegant pyrus salicifolia pendula has slim silvery foliage and slender weeping branches. Hardy tolerates temperatures as low as 4 degrees celsius. Like climbers designer trees help to give your garden a very necessary dimension of height.

Growth rate slow to medium. Japanese maple acer palmatum. Silver birch betula pendula. Johannesburg gold melaleuca bracteata johannesburg gold.

Graveyard cypress cupressus sempervirens stricta. We have compiled a short list of trees below that can be considered for use in a small urban garden. Even in a small garden there is space for at least one small tree. Little gem magnolia magnolia grandiflora little gem.

Pittosporums are always neat and tidy and respond well to pruning making them perfect for small gardens. Heteropyxis natalensis lavender tree with its pale bark beautiful shape and semi deciduous foliage the lavender tree heteropyxis natalensis is one the favourite small garden trees. An ill chosen woody perennial could gobble up your small yard and perhaps later force you to live in a tree house so you need to consider certain factors carefully. Growth form is compact upright.

Underplant trees with shade loving shrubs and perennials and make a walkway in an unused space. Create a beautiful small garden using indigenous plants of south africa. Requires modest water in summer. These trees grow well in all south africa s growing regions except for those areas which experience severe frost.

It will tolerate most soil types as long as it s in a sunny spot. They also grow well in large containers. Mature size in a garden setting 3m. 3 1 lavender tree heteropyxis natalensis 3 2 cork bush mundulea sericea 3 3 dwarf coral tree erythrina humeana.

We have narrowed our choice down to the following. Random harvest indigenous plant nursery constantly inspires with new display gardens and this time we have presented no less than five beautiful small gardens ideas. Here at the relais chateau cellars hohenhort lush plectranthus and mophead hydrangeas flank a narrow mulched path creating a sense of exploration and discovery in an otherwise forgotten and negative part of a garden. 3 the second 5 candidates english name afrikaans name scientific name are.