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The amazing Porkbush<br />
According to the gardening guru, Garden World’s<br />
JJ Jansen van Rensburg, we have all heard about<br />
the amazing Spekboom/ Porkbush, but here are a<br />
few reasons why you should plant one ... today!<br />
1. Indigenous – Everybody loves planting<br />
indigenous and what better plant than this<br />
wonderful versatile indigenous beauty.<br />
2. Waterwise – With it being a succulent, it<br />
most definitely is waterwise, meaning it needs<br />
a lot less water than most plants to survive.<br />
This makes it drought tolerant and unknown to<br />
most, it can also withstand a lot of wind.<br />
3. Carbon footprint – So what exactly does the<br />
Porkbush have to do with our carbon footprint?<br />
This plant has the ability to absorb and store 100<br />
times more carbon than most other plants of<br />
the same size – neutralising and absorbing our<br />
overproduced CO₂ air pollution.<br />
4. Edible – Yes! This sour-tasting leaf makes a<br />
wonderful salad and conversational topic for any<br />
dinner party.<br />
5. Does well in most gardens – this is very true.<br />
You could live on a koppie, in a valley, close to<br />
the coast or way inland in the Free State, and<br />
this plant will grow and thrive with you.<br />
6. Firebreak – Yes, if you are able to plant a<br />
wide hedge around your smallholding, this<br />
will help to prevent smaller veldfires burning<br />
through to your property.<br />
7. Could be used as a container, garden,<br />
focal or general plant – No excuses! We<br />
should all be planting this in our gardens.<br />
Even more fantastic is the fact that it makes<br />
stunning clusters of white or pink flowers in<br />
summer, so yes, it is not only beautiful to us, but<br />
it brings in an abundance of wildlife.<br />
Indoor/ patio plant of the month …<br />
Is the beautiful indoor mini arum lily (Zantedeschia) that<br />
is now available in sizzling shades of pink, deepening into<br />
burgundy. The trumpet-like flowers are available in eight<br />
different colours and many varieties have shaded or speckled<br />
leaves. They enjoy a warm, sunny room as plants can take<br />
some morning sun. Water the plants as soon as the soil’s<br />
surface is slightly dry. During spring and summer, add liquid<br />
fertiliser to the water about every two weeks. The leaves are<br />
toxic to cats and dogs so keep the plants out of reach.<br />
Diarise this!<br />
It is that time of the year again – when<br />
art, design and nature have merged<br />
to bring you loads of gardening ideas<br />
and inspiration at Garden World's<br />
Spring Festival until 1 September.<br />
Both the new and make-over designer<br />
gardens will showcase the latest<br />
garden trends and clever solutions<br />
for small outdoor spaces, using a<br />
diversity of plants and natural hard<br />
landscaping products. The emphasis<br />
in the make-over designer gardens<br />
section is on re-invent, re-decorate<br />
and re-vamp. This section will offer<br />
plenty of inspiration for gardeners<br />
with a limited budget. Plus ... there are<br />
loads of super-interesting workshops<br />
taking place, so keep an eye on their<br />
Facebook page, Garden World Nursery.<br />
Details: Contact them on 011 957 2545<br />
or visit www.gardenworld.co.za.<br />
<strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2019</strong> Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> 27
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